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Emotional Style Brain Blog #8 – Attention
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...
Emotional Style Survey Brain Blog #7 – Sensitivity To Social Context
Movie buffs may recall the scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral in which Tom, as best man, gives the speech: Tom: When Bernard told me he was getting engaged to Lydia, I congratulated him because all his other girlfriends were such complete dogs. Although may I say...
Emotional Style Brain Blog #6 – Self-Awareness
For the life of him, Jack can't understand why people are always asking if something is bugging him, or if he is angry. He isn't, at least, he doesn't think he is, though come to think of it, he often blows his cork without a lot of warning. One miTonsil Stones Secret...
Emotional Style Brain Blog #4 – The Outlook Dimension
Sue is excited to go to the cocktail party. She knows only a few others who will be attending, but she’s confident she’ll find some interesting people to talk to – she always does! Full of energy and confidence, she has a strong sense of connection with her...
Emotional Style Brain Blog #3 – The Resilience Dimension
Oh no! What a morning! The alarm didn’t go off. I stubbed my toe rushing to the shower, which was cold because that rotten kid used up all the hot water. Again. The coffee machine boiled over, leaving a scorched mess all over the heating plate and me without caffeine....
Emotional Style Brain Blog # 2- Rewiring Your Brain
What if I told you it was possible to reduce anxiety and stress, improve attention, calmness and reactivity without medication or leaving the comfort of your own home? Sounds too good to be true? It isn’t. Those who practice meditation, particularly with a focus on...
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
Emotions are such messy things. Like subterranean springs, they can thwart the best-laid plans of our rational minds, sap our motivation, send us off into paroxysms of rage and fuel many an “over-served” evening of excess bonhomie. Until fairly recently,...
Motivated Employees + Agility = Performance
Last week an article by Edward Lawler III titled Preventing the Loss of Key Talent was posted on Forbes. Ed Lawler and his Center for Effective Organizations has been recognized by Fortune and other publications as one of the leading management research...
Willpower – Blog #4. Desire and Pleasure
Blog # 4 in our series featuring The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McMonigal Question: When is a shopper the happiest? A On the way to the store – the Anticipation B Browsing the stores – the Reconnaissance C Scoring the first item – the Acquisition D Getting...
Willpower Blog #3 – License to Sin
Third in our series of blogs featuring Kelly McMonigal’s The Willpower Instinct. I have been so good on my diet, and those brownies look scrumptious. I deserve a little treat… We’ve made a lot of progress this month on our budget. I’m so pleased. Oh, I see they’re...
Willpower – Blog 2 – Blood Sugar
In one of our earlier blogs, The Three Faces of Willpower, we discussed the factors that favour and those that work against our willpower, as described in Kelly McMonigal’s book, The Willpower Instinct. One particular enemy, challenged blood glucose levels, deserves...
Willpower – Blog # 1 The Three Faces of 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...
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