The Pingry School, Career Day Keynote
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…
A recent survey examined regret and in what areas Americans regret the most. The top five regrets are: ROMANCE 18.1% FAMILY 15.9% EDUCATION 13.1% CAREER 12.2% FINANCE 9.9% I am not surprised by the variety
Can Trying to Be Happy Make You Unhappy?
Can the pursuit of happiness actually be detrimental? New research reveals that it might. Firstly, though we have to answer the age-old question, what is happiness? Do we measure it as short-term, instant gratification or
Forecasting the New Year
Surprisingly, or perhaps not so, certain days and months are going to be better for you this year than others. Some researchers have been able to predict which days are going to be good, and
Fighting the Post-Holiday Blues
Happy New Year!I got to be on The Early Show this morning with the new anchor team (who are GREAT, btw) talking about how to fight the post-holiday funk. It was wonderful to start the
Committing to your resolutions
I enjoyed meeting Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, and participating in a segment with her this morning about strategies to really accomplish the goals you set for 2011, and ways to ensure you
Small Changes, Big Results
The Early Show is doing a short series on small changes that you can make in your life that will result in positive changes for your well-being. The segment focuses on mental health, physical health
The “Perfect” Christmas
We all aim to make have the "perfect" holiday. It should look perfect; people should act perfectly; everything should go perfectly. We are bombarded with information to help us create perfection. Maybe, though, it is
Making, and KEEPING, your resolutions
It’s that time of year again, when we identify the things we would like to do consistently for the upcoming year. More than half of us will not get to February with our resolutions, when