Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/DamirCudic On the night of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Peabody Award-winning journalist Mariana Atencio had her colorful dress ready to go. Then the phone rang. It was her manager with a message: “Don’t look too Latina.” So, she went to Saks Fifth Avenue and chose a more somber black-and-white dress. Then, […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/ThitareeSarmkasat Bryony Gordon is an award-winning journalist, author, and mental health campaigner. She is also candid about her own mental health challenges — and what she has learned from them. The author of five Sunday Times best-selling books, including No Such Thing as Normal, Mad Girl, and Glorious Rock Bottom, recently discussed this […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/Craft24 September 29 is World Heart Day, and Boston Scientific’s Close the Gap initiative wants to remind you that nine out of ten women have one or more risk factors for heart disease — and early detection can make all the difference. Close the Gap is a Boston Scientific health equity initiative focused […]
The subconscious mind is an aggregate of everything perceived in one’s lifetime, which is a lot. Your subconscious mind speaks to you even when you don’t talk back. And how a woman speaks to herself can transform her life. Scientists have found that only 5% of what you do, think, and feel comes from the […]
Anxiety is a bit like using spices while cooking. Some of it is good, delicious even. Too much? You can ruin a meal – or your day. But the fact that many of us have experienced a bit too much anxiety in recent years can make it easy to forget the benefits of a healthy […]
We’ve heard so much about “burnout” over the past few years, you may feel burned out about the very topic. But burnout – which the World Health Organization describes as a syndrome that results from chronic workplace stress – is not something to take lightly. Preventing or managing burnout is essential to your well-being and […]
Achieving true happiness is both easier and more challenging than many people think. After all, the path to happiness is relatively straightforward. But happiness doesn’t just get showered upon us. The secret, says happiness expert Arthur Brooks, is: If you want to be happy, you need to do the work of putting certain good habits […]
“Disruption” has become such a familiar experience—in workplaces and the world in general—that many have considered it an overused cliché for years. But have you ever considered the benefits of disrupting yourself as a pathway to greater leadership? Herminia Ibarra, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the London Business School, would invite you to consider […]
As a broadcaster for CBS News, Michelle Gielan learned first-hand that when we are bombarded with problems – without a focus on solutions – we can start to believe our behavior doesn’t matter. But then she left journalism to study positive psychology: the scientific study of happiness and human potential. And what she discovered […]
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he’s right but listen like he’s wrong. And in his most recent book, Think Again, he investigates how to embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build workplaces, schools, and communities of lifelong learners. In […]