There are two questions I get asked most frequently when I meet new people and tell them my story. The first is, "Why did you decide to leave law?" and the second is, "How did you make the change?" I recently got an email from a woman explaining that she...

When it comes to your thinking, how "FAT" are you? That is, how flexible, accurate, and thorough are you at identifying what's working -- and more importantly, what's not working -- for you in the different areas of your life? Increasing my ability to be a FAT thinker has changed...

Do you need to forgive someone in your life? Have you reached out, or are you still hanging onto the hurt? I reconnected with a friend of mine, who I'll call Mary, earlier this week. Thanks to a big miscommunication about a job search nearly a decade ago, Mary and...

This is a great time for women. Women all over the world are running countries, companies and universities. The most recent U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House were women. Women make up about half of the workforce and can now fight side-by-side with their male counterparts in...

When was the last time you lost your way? Maybe you experienced a job loss, divorce, or an illness. How did you get back on track? I used to think about hope as just another fluffy, positive emotion, present for a short period of time then disappearing. It wasn't until...

"La felicità è avere una grande famiglia unita e premurosa in un'altra città" George Burns

Quanto sei felice e perché? Ho riflettuto abbastanza a lungo su questa domanda, non solo per quanto riguarda i miei livelli di felicità ma anche per quelli dei miei familiari, dei miei amici e delle...

Docteure en psychologie et auteure connue mondialement, Paula Davis-Laack se spécialise dans la gestion du stress. Elle aide les professionnels de haut rang à accroître leur bien-être par l'entremise d'une méthode favorisant la résilience, la concentration mentale et le développement des liens sociaux.

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"Happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family in another city." -- George Burns

How happy are you and why? This is a question I spend a fair amount of time thinking about, not only as it applies to my own levels of happiness, but also as it applies to...

How many of you are frustrated with the number you see on the scale? After the holidays, many more of us are raising our hands, reflecting on all that we ate and drank. This is the time of year many people make New Year's resolutions, and my guess is that...

Three years ago I began my master's degree in positive psychology. My classmates and I, new to each other, were waiting for our first class to start. Everyone was a little anxious because one of us was about to be called on to tell their "You at Your Best" story...

My parents have been married for nearly 41 years, and while they've had their share of challenges, they seem to be particularly adept at handling stress in their relationship. Between 40-60% of all marriages today end in divorce, and many other relationships end before marriage, so it is...

Recently, I've seen the term "resilience" applied to everything from real estate to the economy, sports, current events, business, and more. Resilience is a popular buzzword, but what really is resilience? Most people are able to define it as the ability to bounce back from adversity, but few realize that...

It's been over a month since Anne-Marie Slaughter's controversial article appeared in The Atlantic. As I thought about her article and read many of the responses to it, it occurred to me that there is something missing from this conversation. We've managed to reduce a complex amalgam of issues to...

High-achieving women have a lot on their plates. Your drive and ability to get things done helps you run businesses, tackle complex challenges and keep your families running, but it also makes you susceptible to chronic negative stress. Why? As you strive for excellence (often, perfection), you also tend to...

We carry a set of rules or beliefs with us about the way we feel the world should operate. These beliefs can be shaped by our experiences, the way we were raised, our values, our friends, popular culture and more. For many successful women, these deeply-held beliefs about how we...

A few weeks ago, I reconnected with two outstanding women. The first, a human resources executive I know from a law firm I worked at; and the second, a talented attorney I worked with several years ago. We caught up with each others' lives, and I told them about my...

A few weeks ago, I reconnected with two outstanding women. The first, a human resources executive I know from a law firm I worked at; and the second, a talented attorney I worked with several years ago. We caught up with each others' lives, and I told them about my...