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The Best Gift You Can Give Your Valentine
Would you like a deeper and more connected relationship with your Valentine? Is your marriage feeling old and stale? Is it feeling like this? Valentines day is a perfect time to rekindle your relationship! No, I’m not peddling sexy underwear, a romantic dinner, or a romantic dinner in sexy underwear! It’s something that doesn’t have to be found in a store or a fancy restaurant, nor does it require violins or even any money! What I’m peddling is simple. Offer your partner a wish. Here are some examples of wishes that you can offer: Ask him...
read moreHow to Pick Yourself Up When Life Sucks
On the way to a speaker’s conference in Vancouver, BC, I carpooled with Peter Feysa, who is a personal trainer, coach and film-maker. He told me that he had just made 30 calls to retirement communities, asking if they would be interested in his workshop. I asked him how it went, and he said that he only got one positive response! I asked, “What makes you so determined when you get turned down so many times? How do get past all the rejection?” He told me the secret to his determination: A few years ago, he had entered a contest to create...
read more7 Tips to Make your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 71% of people keep their New Years Resolutions past 2 weeks, 64% past 1 month and 46% past 6 months. So why is it so hard to make changes? Because most of our actions are driven by subconscious drives! 95% of our brain processes are subconscious, and so if we consciously want to lose weight, our subconscious might be telling us that losing weight isn’t safe. Then how do some people succeed? It has to do with our self-efficacy, that is, our belief in our power to...
read moreHow Well Do You Maintain Balance?
Do you feel like your responsibilities are pulling you all over the place? Are you struggling to maintain some balance in your life? If so, you’re not alone. Most of us have so many demands on our time and energy, that life can feel out of control. Take this True/False quiz to see how well you are meeting responsibilities, while also recognizing and fulfilling personal needs and wants. 1. The only way I can successfully manage my life is to take care of myself physically and emotionally. T F 2. Nurturing myself enlarges my capacity to...
read moreAre Emotions in the Brain or Body?
As a part of my doctoral training in Neuroscience, we learned that the amygdala was the seat of all emotions. But as a person who suffered from depression, anxiety and panic attacks, I was well aware that that the emotions I felt were very strong in my chest and stomach, so I felt like something was missing in this explanation. Since then, Western science has begun to expand its view on the subject. I’ve also learned that Eastern medicine has a very different take on the origins of emotions. There are interesting findings that we have from...
read moreDoes Inequality Affect Your Happiness
You may not know this about me, but after I got my Ph.D. in Neuroscience, I spent about 10 years in the field of public health (specifically epidemiology) looking for underlying factors that contribute to mental and cognitive health problems across populations. One of the things that resonated with me about the field of public health, was that we looked at risk factors at all levels ranging from the individual, to the relationship level, community level and societal level. While most of my writings have been on things that we can do in...
read moreHow to Deal with Toxic People
Its holiday season! The season of parties and food, and fun and laughter, and sometimes people who we have to see, but would rather not. So what do we do if we can’t avoid those people that drive us slightly batty? Below are 5 things we can do to keep our sanity when we encounter a toxic person: Change your perspective. Have you noticed that some people don’t seem to be phased by a person that feels toxic to you? Are they just being nice? Maybe, but its more likely that they don’t share your perspective. Gary Craig, the founder of...
read moreHow to Conquer Fear
My Greatest Fear – Public Speaking! I used to have a tremendous fear of public speaking. Actually, specifically, my fear was about my mind freezing. I would write out every word of my speech or lecture and practice reading it over and over until I could look up at the audience every once in awhile. I didn’t connect well with my audience and I’m sure the tension I felt radiated through the room. Now I can connect with my audience and even speak at times with no notes! Most importantly, I’m having fun and my audience is enjoying my...
read moreHow can I change an inherited problem? Introducing Epigenetics
Do you feel hopeless about being able to change certain patterns that you think are inherited? I’m writing this article to set the record straight! The latest science shows that most of the time if you’ve inherited a gene, it is NOT a guarantee that you will inherit a characteristic! Let me explain why. Introducing Epigenetics In the old paradigm of science, the debate was “Nature vs. Nurture”. Billions of dollars was spent on the Human Genome Project, and on determining the genetic basis for diseases. While science has found a few...
read moreWhy You Might Want to Stay Away from Prince Charming
Prince Charming, First Impressions: A few years ago, I met a man who was extremely charming, who seemed to have a rich, fascinating and varied life, who seemed smart, talented and accomplished, and who I felt an amazing connection to. Our relationship felt mutual at the beginning, but it didn’t take long for me to feel like: Something Wasn’t Right I realized that I was slowly over the months, feeling worse and worse about myself in the context of the relationship, even though he wasn’t being specifically mean to me. He would call me...
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