by Helen Kain | Focus, Home, Mental Fitness, Mind/Body Connection, Self-Control, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, The Mind, Willpower
Devices. Our beloved Devices. The siren call of an arriving text or email captures our attention even when we know we should be concentrating on the task at hand. We sneak a peek at dangerous or inopportune times, whilst driving, for example, or reading to our...
by Helen Kain | ADHD, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Changing our Minds, Disorders, Home, Mental Fitness, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, The Mind
When most of us think about mental health, we ascribe its presence or absence largely to luck or having good genes. We vaguely (or actively) dread the onset of dementia or Alzheimer’s and cross our fingers it doesn’t happen to us. Well, there is a whole lot of good...
by Gordon Parry | Business, Career, Energy, High Performance, Home, Leadership, Mastery, Mental Fitness, Motivation, Strengths
We recently shared a blog on Todd Henry’s terrific book Die Empty. We love this book because it encourages each of us to make a contribution, the unique contribution that only we can make. Henry describes what he calls the Siren Song of Mediocrity as “a...
by MAI Team | Disorders, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Home, Mastery, Mental Fitness
We all know someone like that. They may be friends, co-workers or family members. Always needing to be the center of attention, life revolves around them. There isn’t enough oxygen in the room for them and anyone else. They’re narcissists....
by Helen Kain | ADHD, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Changing our Minds, Flourish, Flourishing, High Performance, Meditation, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness, Stress, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
The Swedes have long had a name for children who bloom where they’re planted – whether in well-tended garden or a sidewalk crack – “dandelion children”. Thomas Boyd, a University of Arizona developmental psychologist and Bruce Ellis, a developmental pediatrician from...
by MAI Team | ADHD, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Changing our Minds, Coaching, Conflict, Disorders, Emotional Intelligence, Flourish, Happiness, High Performance, Meditation, Mental Fitness, Mind/Body Connection, Strengths, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
Attention seems an odd addition to the dimensions of Emotional Style as described by Richard Davidson in The Emotional Life of Your Brain, since we usually think of attention as a cognitive ability. A closer look, however, reveals that attention has both emotional and...
