by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Energy, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
A few weeks ago my husband Glenn and I each passed the 1,000,000 step mark on WalkerTracker, the web-based program we use to track our pedometer steps. Let’s think about that – a million steps. If someone had told me in April that I was setting out to walk a...
by MAI Team | Disorders, Flourish, Flourishing, Gratitude, Happiness, Optimism, Physical Health, Positivity, Strengths, The Brain Diaries, Values
In Where is its mind? What the battle over the ‘bible’ says about psychiatry, Ian Brown, feature editor of the Globe and Mail, takes the view that the upcoming fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V) has inflated the definition of mental illness...
by MAI Team | Physical Health, The Brain Diaries
I’ve acquired a constant companion, and not because it’s an attractive fashion accessory. Au contraire. The thing is a dratted nuisance and its lumpy protrusion from pocket or belt spoils the line of any outfit. No, my pedometer goes with me everywhere because I’ve...
by MAI Team | Mind/Body Connection, Motivation, Physical Fitness, Physical Health
Bikini season is right around the corner, and our fancy turns to thoughts of a svelte silhouette. We weigh the benefits of vanity against the pain of deprivation. The moderates (or faint of heart, depending on your viewpoint) swear off bread and wine for a week or...
by MAI Team | Aging, Anxiety, Energy, High Performance, Mental Fitness, Mind/Body Connection, Physical Fitness, Physical Health
I celebrated my golden jubilee earlier this year. Yes, that significant birthday that we are warned so much about. Bad things happen when you turn 50. Whatever you eat goes to your hips. Your skin gets crepey. You get bingo arms. Everything hurts. Well, I’m...
by MAI Team | Flourish, Flourishing, Happiness, Mental Fitness, Motivation, Optimism, Pessimism, Physical Health, Positive Psychology, Positivity, Resilience, Strengths, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
Trevor Greene, retired Canadian Forces Captain, can now do 30 squats while gripping a ladder attached to a wall. This would not be remarkable in any way except he had an axe put through the back of his head five years ago in Afghanistan. He had been sitting with...