When workers are truly invested in the duties they take on, they work harder and deliver consistent, high-quality results. I was moving in the direction of something I'd always wanted. Richard Branson has dyslexia but instead of giving up, he embraced the power of his personality to drive him to …

Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, from the year before, offered similarly hopeful advice: smile. As a result, they're unable to tap into the power of undivided focus. Instead of denying your excuses, try to dig below the surface and find three components: the objective truth, the …

Until there is a female equivalent of Seth Rogen - and I say this with love, as he is the kind of guy I would bang - who looks like a sofa with the stuffing coming out of it but gets million-dollar film deals regardless, we know we're not anywhere near true …

Moore, he said, I wanted to see the real me first thing when I wake up in the morning and the real me before I go to bed at night. Even if you participate in a sport or lift weights, you may not be conditioning the core muscles. That's not …

People get so frustrated with entitlement, and they feel so helpless to do anything about it, that their irritation can color their motives. If you are usually hungry in the morning or after working out, you may not be eating enough high-quality essential fatty oils. However, after this deepest of …

I realise that I don't have any other model in my head for reacting, other than out of shame. On the last swing of his turn at bat, each hitter was supposed to run it out. She might be a long way from getting where she needs to go, and …

The age-old advice, talking is sharing and listening is caring, is about as true as it gets. Here it appears that the group activity has been exerting its effect upon Mr C in spite of his silence. Clinging mothers, disappointing sons Today during training, Trudy, a less experienced gymnast, asks …

You don't have to just mindlessly go along with this life chain you have both inherited and passively contributed to. The Presence is silent and conveys a state of peace. The beautiful question, now, is will we actively cultivate this in our lives going forward, for the sake of a …

And it's relative: if the brain's reward system has learned to release dopamine in response to a drug, it might not get excited by nature, the smell of a campfire, s'mores, and so on. But it is difficult to know what is going on in our own minds. Its peculiarity …

Having those wings on our feet can help us to be fleet-footed and to change direction with ease. The next 30 minutes were intense as the participants brainstormed details for showing love through action. Having partners monitor and modify the language that they use when they speak to each other …

In fact, it may be our propensity to do this when times are good (but busy and demanding) that empowers us with the capacity to push through when those significant challenges arise. If there is the dislike, or the resentment--then don't use it. As an acupuncturist I think of being …

But now it turns out that the weight itself is not the issue--exposure to POPS is the key factor determining whether overweight or obese people will become diabetic. and destroys our ability to focus on the task at hand. A friend, I answer automatically, still reeling from the shock. But …

Her studies include healing the body by studying the spirit. In Cherry Brook, we visited the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. Connie's letter to me, shared in part here, beautifully sums up our shared mission. According to Benjamin Franklin, 'Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and …

Typically, MAOIs are prescribed when a person does not respond to other medications. You will do more than you think you can do, and you're going to love how it makes you feel. The mathematical truth caused the boy to rearrange the figures on the blackboard. I was in Japan …

Don't be afraid to repeat the same phrases monotonously. Due to the high density of cold receptors in the skin, a cold shower can trigger increased electrical impulses from peripheral nerve endings to the brain, which could result in a number of physiological effects in the body and the brain …

Sports psychologists recently did a study of elite athletes who were struck with some adversity or serious injury. A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine. The main issue has to do with the approach to food. In other words, the possibility …

Imagine an energy circuit running from the ball of one foot to the other. They often involve cruelty, injustice, grief, and loss. Building courage by taking action amid our self-doubts, misgivings and fears is a lesson I've learned many times since leaving my parents' farm -- first to study business at …

I'm always struck by how quickly people land on the worst-case scenario when imagining the future. At the beginning of the show, audience members had written their name and a single word on blank playing cards. Today take a few minutes and connect with your body. There will be a …

Gather data quickly, process quickly, adapt quickly. Even for those people who decide against medication, there are a wide range of alternative treatments, and their doctor is likely the best referral source for mental health services in their area. I was more the type to be curled up with a …

I also feel bad we let him treat the staff that way. Can you see why thought patterns like these are so detrimental to your mental health? If you bite off more than you can chew, you may get discouraged--and could even do some physical damage. The pain of loss …

People report feeling pretty low, doubtful of their own ability, sometimes even emotionally damaged when they've been part of a low-functioning or failing team. In one study, male college students given feedback that they were not well suited for their career goals became very boastful regarding their relevant strengths--even when …

Patients have a 10% coinsurance for outpatient mental health services, which is capped at $714 USD (CHF 700) per year. Do you remember any of the worries or negative beliefs that you had when you were five years old? You'll use the oil itself--which retains both essential oils and other …

Next, ask them what the physical feeling is that lets them know it's there. Years ago, an older colleague told me that her marriage was making her sick, and I privately thought she was rationalizing leaving her marriage for an affair she'd begun. The second step is to take action …

Since they never learned to self-define or self-qualify their achievements, many adult children of narcissistic abuse become self-critical workaholics, over-performers or overachievers. They just think they're being rejected and punished for something so awful that it's formless and nameless. If however, I tell you the person is a 75-year-old male …

Yet having been able to learn through concrete means why she needs certain types of words to get her ideas across (the specific word choices being hers alone), her written work is vastly more communicative of the growing person within. An effective way to do this is to change how …

When our ancestors in the savannah were confronted by a noise--say a crackling branch behind them--their responses were usually swift and protective. Because of that they'd get a reduction in their time. Edamame is rich in phytoestrogens, a weaker, plant-based version of estrogen. You were born under Saturn, the planet …

Anxiety can force a more honest self-appraisal, including a good look at whether we are living in accord with our core values and beliefs. Everything is less scary when there is one of it and ten of you. What problems are these core beliefs giving you now? I browsed around …

To remain in position on its magnificent back, you need to grip its flanks tightly between your knees. For a start, I will note what does not apply to the process of reading thoughts in my understanding. What's a few moments of distress, Nozick asks, compared to a lifetime of …

Cory was an aspiring attorney who graduated from law school three years ago. Aside from short visits with my parents, who held me and gave me my bottle, I was usually alone--a stranger in a very strange land. Think about how you like to work and which goal-driven strategies you've …

But every former teenager knows that he or she often learns more from other adults than could ever be learned from one's parents. Each time you figure out how you would handle it differently, you are improving yourself. For instance, the gap between phenomenal and physical boundaries has endorsed the …

Our attitude toward the person we see in the mirror is only one example of the issue of self-acceptance. Maybe the problem is I'm very friendly when I'm drinking, hugging and kissing people and having fun. It is only when these patterns become extreme that they are considered pathological or …

In wanting to avoid that penalty, they are more able to control themselves from overeating. It is a descriptive name for a pattern of skills and challenges which will react similarly to certain environments, curriculums, supports, and situations. What Becker found is that this reversal of electrical current would cause …

Interestingly, when you let go of being attached to your cartoon world and approach others without a need for them to think or act in any one particular way, their defenses drop. Creating a sense of safety within your own skin is just the same. His faith was part of …

More fundamentally, this DNA also has the information that creates proteins inside the cell. But to achieve a breakthrough, you need something different. Maybe you're sitting in a meeting at work, or you have to listen to a lesson plan at school. I never ask families in this situation if …

Studies show that gratitude practices make people happier and more resilient to stress. There are solid reasons for diving into exercise before you begin fiddling with your food intake. It was one way to weed out talent that lacked the fundamental skills or initiative required, or that may be difficult …

I direct my question internally, as I've learnt to. Though Machiavellianism is a separate trait from the other two traits in the dark triad, one person can sometimes have a combination of the three deadly traits. I think we're too busy to give them the guidance they really need. Neurons …

When you have conflict with those close to you, both of you need to be able to understand why the other feels the way they feel so you can reach a compromise. Results of urine and serum toxicological screenings were negative for opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine, and ethanol. It stops progress …

and if ourselves refers to John and me, the sentence is incoherent because it does not end that we couldn View the personal space intruder's insensitivity with compassion. We are hardwired for fight or flight--remember, we're the descendants of the ones who didn't stop to think when the lion was …

I share this story because I witnessed what endurance training does to you: I was emaciated, hormonally imbalanced, stressed, and constantly tired. We first separate the sleep problems: difficulty falling asleep (deficient blood condition), staying asleep (deficient yin condition), or both (deficient blood and yin). When it comes to nutrition …

And 2) If it scares the hell out of you, take the job and move out of your comfort zone--the lessons are priceless! At some point in development as the embryo gets bigger another OC will have to arise because another, different, change will be needed. Learning basic life saving …