by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Disorders, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
“I eat all the time,” she said with a nervous giggle. “I eat when I’m hungry, I eat when I’m not hungry. I eat to celebrate, I eat when I’m sad. I eat at night. I eat when my husband comes home.” Sarah’s story, as described in “The end of overeating: Taking Control...
by MAI Team | Aging, Energy, Happiness, Mind/Body Connection, Perseverance, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Positive Psychology, Uncategorized, Willpower
I attended the Canadian Positive Psychology’s 2012 conference this past weekend and was surprised to learn that it was the first conference about positive psychology in all of North America. In the mean time, I want to highlight something I have in common with...
by MAI Team | Career, Changing our Minds, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Flourish, Happiness, High Performance, Inner Strength, Meditation, Mental Fitness, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Positivity
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...
by MAI Team | High Performance, Physical Fitness, Physical Health
We are into mid January now, and the zeal of our New Year’s resolutions is starting to wear thin, even if our thighs aren’t. Take heart – the important thing is to keep moving, and moderate amounts are just fine, thank you, according to Steven Blair of the University...
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Energy, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, The Brain Diaries, The Brain Diaries
A few weeks ago my husband Glenn and I each passed the 1,000,000 step mark on WalkerTracker, the web-based program we use to track our pedometer steps. Let’s think about that – a million steps. If someone had told me in April that I was setting out to walk a...
by MAI Team | Mind/Body Connection, Motivation, Physical Fitness, Physical Health
Bikini season is right around the corner, and our fancy turns to thoughts of a svelte silhouette. We weigh the benefits of vanity against the pain of deprivation. The moderates (or faint of heart, depending on your viewpoint) swear off bread and wine for a week or...