Life Coaching

Essential Keys to Success

Lauren Mackler | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Lauren Mackler

Whether you want to become a better leader or bring greater balance into your life, there are three keys to achieving any type of goal: focus, strategy, and commitment.

Are You an Internet Addict?

James M. Lynch | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

The level of compulsion for texting, instant messaging and emailing rests in the same pleasure centers of the brain as do other addictions like gambling, narcotics and alcohol.

Does Your Past Ever Haunt You?

Hillary Rubin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living


Hillary Rubin

My life was focused on looking good, being at the right parties and doing whatever it took to make it to the top. You had to work to get into the inner circles. Drugs were a must.

Ask Maddisen - How to Recognize and Claim Your Greatness

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living


Maddisen K. Krown

We sometimes project seemingly offensive or undesired qualities onto others to remind ourselves of something we are lacking or of something else we'd rather become.

Why the "Right Brain" Idea is Wrong-Headed

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living


Joseph LeDoux

Talking about the right brain as the way of the future is a step backwards to a time when intuitive impressions about the brain were all we had.

It's All in Your Head: Who's Your Internal Director?

T.C. Conroy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


T.C. Conroy

When you step up and become your own A-list director, you will develop positive self-esteem, refuse to call yourself names, no longer put up with putdowns or hold onto limiting beliefs.

Star of Your Own Life

James M. Lynch | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

Playwrights, directors and actors create whole worlds with words, some lights and a few pieces of cloth. Everyone can be a star in their own lives!

Six Tips To Increase Your Creativity

Oprah.com | Jancee Dunn | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living


DEO, one of the planet's most innovative design firms, has brought us the Apple mouse, the first laptop computer, and the Palm V. The team's legendary...

Obama And You: What Can You Accomplish In The Next 100 Days?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living


Dr. Judith Rich

Today marks President Obama's 100th day in office. By the time you read this, you will already have been showered with the press' full-tilt boogie co...

Your Guide To R.E.A.L. Change

Jason Mannino | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

More than three weeks into 2009 you have ambitiously begun to tackle resolutions to bring forward in your life changes to enhance your quality of livi...

2009... Welcome to the Party!

Meredith Haberfeld | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


Meredith Haberfeld

The New Year is an opportunity to turn the page, to take with you whatever you find useful from 2008 and to have 2009 rock.

5 Questions That Will Change Your Life

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living


Tim Browning, Professional Life Coach and sometime contributor to Pick The Brain has penned a lengthy and highly recommended screed on the 5 questions...

It's Not About Your Fat; It's About Your Life

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living


Janice Taylor

A number of readers have asked me for more details about my travels on the rocky road to Sveltesville, wanting me to further share my secrets that led...

Are You On The Right Career Path?

Oprah.com | Martha Beck | Posted 10.03.2008 | Living


I'm not Batman, or the Forecast Phenom, or the Psychedelic Psychic, or whatever. I was born with just one superpower: the ability to see other people'...

A Coach for Everything - Aren't We Ever Good Enough?

Christine Hassler | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living


Christine Hassler

What I want to know is when people stopped being good enough? You need tutors for the SATs, coaches for college applications, coaches to find a job a...

Staying In The Groove (When There Isn't One)

David Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


David Allen

I'm often asked "Are we really living in a different world than the 'old days?'" Is there something uniquely stressful about the world as we're experi...

Stalking The Wild Projects

David Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


David Allen

There is a subtlety and rigorous mental discipline required to create that "complete and accurately defined inventory of our projects."