Category: Mindset

Simple Living: When Every Item Has a Home

When was the last time you searched your home to find a misplaced item? Maybe it was your car keys, wallet, pair of shoes, or a favorite toy of your child’s? Whatever that item was, chances are you looked between 1 and 10 minutes, which is the average time we spend looking for something we’ve…


Sitting More Linked to Depression, Anxiety

Almost everyone has heard the saying “sitting is the new smoking,” but a new study shows it has an impact on depression and anxiety as well. With so many people self-isolating during the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, more people found themselves sitting for longer periods than ever before. Zoom meetings erased time spent…


Don’t Be So Quick to Stereotype Generations

We’ve all heard the stereotypes before. The greatest generation is “responsible and hard-working”; baby boomers are “selfish”; Gen Xers are “cynical and disaffected”; millennials are “entitled and lazy”; Gen Zers are “civic-minded.” Even though these stereotypes are frequently called into question, they linger in the mind, fed by media, politicians, and business experts. But while characterizing generations…


Metacognition Can Improve the ‘Cognition Crisis’

In these times of virtual meet-ups, negative news overload, and widespread uncertainty, it’s fair to say that it has been a tough time for our brains. If you’ve been feeling mentally subpar, you may be floating around the edges or caught in the middle of the “cognition crisis.” And don’t worry, you’re not alone. Our world…


Insights on Friendship from Iris Murdoch

Making friends might come easier to some people than others, but in general, we all use the same criteria for forming relationships. We are drawn to people who share our interests, or who we simply like and admire. Once we make friends, we tend to hold them in high esteem. We speak positively about our…


Overcoming the Decision-Making Fatigue of COVID-19

Are you having trouble thinking clearly lately? Have you recently struggled with making up your mind? Are you constantly anxious about what fate the future holds? If so, you’re not alone. A new poll from the American Psychological Association (APA) shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our ability to make decisions large and small….


A Way to Use the Internet Mindfully

Here’s a question worth pondering: Has the internet had an overall positive or negative impact on your life? As you read and hopefully enjoy this article, take a minute to reflect on all that you appreciate about the internet and its benefits in your life. Do you have any favorite blogs that you follow? Does…


Turn Your Anxiety Into Something Useful

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki has some research-backed tips for turning anxiety—an all-too-familiar and unpleasant emotion for many people—into a “superpower.” In an effort to neutralize some of the shame and stigma associated with the condition, Suzuki, a professor of neural science at New York University, likes to begin her talks by citing that as much as…


10 Tips for Organizing Your Home Before the Holiday Season

You have just over two weeks to spiff up the house for Thanksgiving—and the December holidays (and fun) can overload anyone. So get going now and have a more relaxing season the next month and a half! If my family was ever expecting company while I was growing up, my mom insisted that the house…


The Virtues of a Contented Inner Work Life

Your inner work life, or thoughts about work, supply your motivation and the empowering virtues you demonstrate while working. Virtues are the desirable values and characteristics that you have the potential of demonstrating on the job. They help supply your motivation to do good work and contribute to a business’s favorable impressions of you. Here…