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    Mumbai, Men, and Violence: What Can We Learn, How Should We Respond?

    As I write this at 3:00 PM on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008, I am deeply saddened by the violence and death in Mumbai, India. News reports indicate that at least 101 people have been killed and more than 250 have been wounded. As many as 30 people may still be in danger as hostages. Although it...
    Posted to Jed's Blog (Weblog) by Jed Diamond on 11-27-2008
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    A poem about making change - Portia Nelson

    In the spirit of how we all go about realizing how to make a change in our lives, Portia Nelson's poem says it really well. As baby's we first poop and then realize it, soon we feel it coming, but still poop. In time, we feel it coming, and sometimes make it to the toilet and other times not...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 11-04-2008
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    The trick behind motivating to exercise

    60% of rarely exercise and most of us don't at all. That is really amazing when most of know that exercise is a natural stress reducer and it makes us feel better. So why is it that when making our choices day in and day out that most of us put this one on the back burner? The answer may be that...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 10-03-2008
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    5 reasons we feel stress and what we can do about it!

    When headline after headline are screaming financial crisis in our ears, it's pretty easy for our stress reactions to begin to unravel. Like a Zebra about to get attacked by a lion, our bodies tense up and fear begins to rise. What's the difference between humans and a Zebra. A brilliant imagination...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 09-25-2008
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    Stress, Addiction, and Drilling for Oil

    Regardless of what your financial assets are--whether you have investments in the stock market, or just a few dollars in the bank--you are feeling the stresses of our collapsing system. I wrote sometime ago about my belief that the Ship of Civilization was sinking. "Just as the Titanic was thought...
    Posted to Jed's Blog (Weblog) by Jed Diamond on 09-19-2008
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    Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, and Stress?

    Politics is exciting for many. Now with television, blogging, text messaging, twitter, and other new techi gadgets we can be plugged into it 24X7. It's easy for some to get addicted to it to a point where the body feels tense, we notice irritability coming up, and before you know it you're stressed...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 09-04-2008
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    In an age of disconnection, here is a tip how to get connected!

    Here is a national research study I conducted a few years back that had excellent results to get connected and create more meaningful moments in daily life. This was done for a minimum of 5 minutes a day, for 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Choose an object, either tangible or intangible (e.g., family heirloom...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-29-2008
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    Happiness and Dung

    Is it really true that people can live in an area with no running water or electricity and dwell in huts made out of dung and be equally as happy as those listed on the Forbes richest 400 Americans? According to leading happiness researcher Ed Diener it is true. He conducted a study of the Forbes richest...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-11-2008
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    1 poem that may just change our life!

    Mary Oliver makes us go hmmmm..... Read this one twice...feel free to click on 'tools' and briefly write down your reaction in your journal. Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-the one who the one who has flung herself...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 08-06-2008
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    Job and life giving you ADD? Some resources to try today!

    When having trouble juggling all our responsibilities at home and work, many people will try and pull it together by focusing on tried and true time management techniques. While time management can be helpful, in this day and age we need to also really consider attention management. Yes, it's our...
    Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on 07-28-2008
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