Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

Is there someone in your life that you’re trying to make happy? I don’t mean someone you do nice things for because it makes you feel good, I mean someone who is in some sort of relationship with you, doesn’t seem...

Look back on your life a few years ago. Did it feel more predictable than it feels now? You know that saying, “hindsight is always 20/20?” There’s neuroscience behind that. First, when you look back at events in your...

Strength – there are so many different forms of mental strength, and my guess is that you have a lot of them living inside you. The strength to do one more thing when you’ve already put in a long day. The strength to...

Do you make excuses for your looks or your behavior or your attitude? Can I help you stop doing that? Successful people don’t make excuses. Strong people don’t make excuses. Resilient people don’t make excuses. Life...

Want to know one of the most powerful skills you can learn? How to stay calm, no matter what’s going on around you. When you’re calm, you can think clearly. When you’re calm, you can problem-solve. When you’re calm,...

It’s good to feel needed, right? It is good to feel needed – right up until it isn’t. When someone in your life crosses the line between healthy and unhealthy neediness, it can be a bit disconcerting. Suddenly the...

Are you having a tough day? Or maybe even a tough year? Life is a leisurely stroll most of the time, a mad dash at others, and sometimes it feels like life is a hike straight up a rocky mountainside. If your life is...

Are you tethered by time? Gravity ties us to the earth, and for many people, time tethers us to a schedule. And the way the brain works, once you’ve done the schedule long enough – for some people it’s two weeks, for...

Do you often feel like you’re here in this world to make a difference? Like you have a mission to complete? And do you sometimes feel like you don’t know what your mission is, and that you’re not making a...

Who did you interact with yesterday? Seriously – think for a moment about who you talked to, even if it seemed inconsequential and fleeting. Co-workers and family members, probably – who else? Someone at a...

Mom taught me a lesson that has served me well throughout my life – words can never be taken back. Never. You can apologize and explain and cry and do whatever you can think of to make the other person feel better...

Remember those yearbook messages from your friends – “don’t ever change” is a pretty common one, and illustrates the naivete of young adults. Change is who I am. Change is who your high school best friend is. Change...