by MAI Team | Emotional Intelligence, Energy, Flourish, Happiness, Inner Strength, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness, Motivation, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, Willpower
It’s been amply demonstrated that people with a good dollop of willpower are better off on nearly every front than those who lack this precious commodity. Those with willpower tend to Have longer lasting relationships Make more money and go further in their careers...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Finance, Meditation, Memory, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness, Physical Health, Relationship with Money, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
Question: “Why do we worry so much about money?” The most common response is “Because there is never enough”, usually delivered with a strange look, as though the answer should be self-evident. I used to believe that, too, but after a thirty-year career of working...
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Flourishing, Happiness, Mind/Body Connection, Positive Psychology, Positivity, The Mind
People who spend twenty or more minutes outside in the sunshine in the spring and early summer have more expansive and open thinking, Matthew Keller, assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, et al tell us in their research paper A Warm Heart and a...
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 | Heroes, Mind/Body Connection, Perseverance, Physical Fitness
Posted April 4th, 2011 on the Aristotle Group blog “I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Christopher Reeves In May of 1995, Christopher Reeve’s life changed dramatically when a severe...
