Last night, I put a kettle of water on for a cup of hot green tea before heading off to bed. If you’re familiar with green tea, you know that it’s best to “catch” the water just before it...

For far too long, mental illness has been stigmatized and those stigmas have served as a barrier to innovation.  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Rethinking Mental Health” competition offers...

We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence is therefore not an act, but a habit.  - Aristotle I’ve been thinking a great deal about habits lately.  The addition of a new, positive habit and the continued battle with a not so positive one...

We talk at lengths about challenging our minds and pushing our limits with brain games. Now it’s time to walk the talk! I’m going to begin posting a lot of brain games and mental puzzles and challenges.

I often overhear my husband talking on the phone to people he does business with. A common theme he points out to people is this: You either set yourself up to succeed or you set yourself up to fail. I have no idea which of his favorite speakers or...

This is pretty cool… you have to try this.  It takes just 2 seconds, but I promise you’ll get a kick out of it. This particular brain game (or challenge?) It is from an orthopedic surgeon and it’ll boggle your mind. Right now, while sitting at your...

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this:  To rise above the little things.  – John Burroughs The quote above is a lesson in self improvement, self help, stress management, health, and happiness.  I think everyone should write...