by Gordon Parry | Intelligence, Learning, Mastery, Memory, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, Values
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein Aristotle described wisdom as the most finished form of knowledge. How does knowledge achieve this finished form? Brain research provides a clue. As brain cells...
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, Flourish, Happiness, Memory, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness, Optimism, Pessimism, Positive Psychology, Self Confidence
The holiday season is looming, and in many households the regular cast of characters is assembling. True to form, the usual sunny-natured suspects will delight in the season and the Scrooge-like participants will not fail to disappoint with their sour demeanours and...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Coaching, Memory, Self Confidence, Strengths
I recently watched The King’s Speech for the second time, and as is often the case when we “resee” something, I came away with a very different perspective. This time I saw a story beneath the story. I was intrigued by how Lionel Logue was modeled after a modern-day...
