14 Ways to Outsmart Your Brain to Spend Less

1. Pause between the pick and the purchase. Wants are the language of the initial intoxicating exposure to dopamine. Anticipation causes a dopamine release, making action feel compelling. Neuroscientists at Emory University found that this delay disrupted dopamine...

Saying Everything You Need to Say

One of the fundamental obligations we have as parents is to fully prepare our children for successful functioning in the real world. One of the fundamental obligations we have as Mentor Coaches to our clients is to facilitate successful functioning in the real world....

THE SELF SERIES III: Future Self

I am the interpretation I project onto reality. —June Aspell, Seed Magazine Several thousand people were asked in a study to predict how much their values would change in the next ten years, and how much their values had changed in the last ten years. At every age,...

THE SELF SERIES II: The Wise Self, Part 2

The mind does not dwell entirely in the brain. —Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses When not blocked by emotional neglect, the Wise Self is essentially a state of mind of compassionate reflection and progressive mindfulness. Access to this state allows...

THE SELF SERIES II: The Wise Self, Part 1

Health is the ability to stand in the spaces between realities without losing any of them. This is what I believe self-acceptance means and what creativity is really all about—the ability to feel like oneself while being many. —Phillip Bromberg, Standing in the Spaces...