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, Mindfulness, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries, The Mind
We were all set to get our dining room re-painted, when I received a call from the painter, Norm. “I finished my last job early. Would it be all right if I started Monday, instead of Wednesday? I know you’re having people in on the weekend, and that way I’ll be out...
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 Helen Kain | Meditation, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness, Optimism, Pessimism, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
My aunt Pat was something of a dish. Lively and humorous, with a caustic wit that rarely failed to entertain, she augmented the very restrictive rations available to Britons during WWII with “two shilling teas” to which she was escorted by a bevy of besotted...
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, High Performance, Meditation, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Positivity, Team Performance
Positivity is great for individuals, but has no place in business. It’s a dog-eat-dog world. If you want to get ahead, keep your head down, remain focused on your goals, figure out what’s likely to go wrong and prevent that from happening. Get clear on your...
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...
