by MAI Team | Emotional Intelligence, Gratitude, The Brain Diaries
Remember Eeyore? How could you forget him? He’s present in every family. You can recognize him by the peevish expression. He suffered a disappointment or two somewhere along the way, and never got over it. Maybe he didn’t get into the college of his choice, or his...
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...
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Emotional Intelligence, The Brain Diaries
Posted March 23, 2011 by The Coaching House Ltd. Michael, my prospective son-in-law, works in the customer service department of an auto collision shop. Recent repairs to the road in front of the shop involved the digging of a deep trench to facilitate underground...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Disorders, Mind/Body Connection, Physical Health, Self Confidence, Stress, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, The Mind
Laura, a young friend of mine, died a month ago, ending a six year struggle with anorexia nervosa. The funeral was one for the memory bank, filed under Unforgettable, Heartbreaking. Her former baseball coach, her pastor, and searingly, her father, all spoke movingly...
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
Picture a power plant with three separate layers of technology from three different eras, all still in operation, stacked one atop the other. The most recent layer, computer technology, is functioning via vacuum tubes from the 1940s, which in turn control still older...
