Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

Do you lead a team that could work together better than they currently do? Try laughter. Research into laughter – not the face people make when they laugh, but the sound they make – shows that people who laugh...

Do you know that it’s ok to say “no” and stop right there? It’s perfectly ok to want to help when someone asks you to, evaluate the request, realize that it will take too much time or too much energy or too much...

Are you waiting for that perfect person to come along and complete you? The person who makes your life worth living and who will be your partner and best friend for life? The romantic notion of that once-in-a-lifetime...

Are you like me - a big fan of process? Do you like processes that are science-backed? Would you like a simple, science-based process for self-development? Here you go – a study conducted by the University College of...

Do you feel loyalty to anyone or anything in your life? Do you feel loyal to your employer? Your partner? Your school or your mentor or your dentist? Just what is loyalty, anyway? The Oxford dictionary defines it as a...

Have you and a friend had a falling-out? Is it a big one – the kind where you won’t talk for days or maybe even weeks? Have you had that kind of falling-out with the same friend before? If so, it’s time to examine...

Pop quiz… what are your feelings right this very moment? Contented? Irritated? Worried? Optimistic? Happy? Seriously…examine how you feel, without creating any judgement around it. Notice your feelings, and then think...

Are you hard on yourself? Do you sometimes – or maybe often – compare yourself to others and feel inferior? Are you near a window? Look out the window and find two pieces of nature that are similar – two bushes, two...

No matter how hopeless things feel, it can help to remember that people have felt helpless before you and people will feel hopeless after you and yet hope is always within your grasp. In 1921, the poet Edgar A. Guest...

Want a way to quickly kick up your self-confidence? When something happens that used to make you angry or sad, notice it. Notice how you’re feeling about it now that you’ve grown wiser. Then laugh, forgive your past...

How’s your self-esteem? A quick way to self-assess is to pay attention to what your brain says when something happens. Let’s say your lover broke up with you – is your brain more likely to say, “we had a good time...

I won an award recently. I’m not telling you this to brag. It was a very big one, the most prestigious that the organization grants, and it was a surprise. As I listened to the presenter, it slowly dawned on me that...