Day 6: Enjoy Your Food (without over-eating)
When I was 11, I watched a movie with my brother where people were eating insects. I screamed: “Wow, that is so disgusting, how can they do that?” Then my brother told me something that changed the way I saw food: He responded: “We humans eat cows,...
Day 5: Prioritize Sleep
Today, I wanted to take a 20-minute nap. Instead, I woke up 2 hours later, feeling grumpy and tired. I felt lousy most of the day, started arguing with my wife about the most stupid things and kept losing my patience with my kids- all things I do not feel very proud...
Day 4: Start Moving Again!
Last year, in August, I caught pneumonia. I was in bed for a week and had to cancel my trip to Odessa, Ukraine, to visit my parents in law. I had a lot of time to think, and made a vow, to turn 2020 into my year of health: So from January, I worked out at least 5...
Day 3: The Transitional Routine
I am sitting here at home, trying to write, while my youngest son keeps jumping on me and seeking my attention. One reason why staying home all day with the family, while trying to be productive, is so difficult for me is because it feels like I am always rushing from...
Day 2: Calming the mind
I used to love horror movies, like The Birds from Alfred Hitchcock or the Poltergeist movies by Brian Gibson. The problem was that I would often feel so anxious about any sounds I would hear, and any shadows I would see, that it would take me hours to fall asleep....
Day 1: Your 24 hour News Diet
In a study by the School of Cognitive & Computing Science, University of Sussex, a group was shown 14-min TV clips showing clips of negative clips from the news.The researchers wanted to see how watching disturbing news would affect the viewers’ mood.Guess...
How to stop feeling lonely and isolated in times of coronavirus
Experts and governments tell us that the best way to stop the spread of COVID-19, is to stay at home. So right now, millions of people have basically locked themselves inside four walls and only go out when it is absolutely essential. Here in Israel, where I live,...
Mastering The Art Of Positive Self-talk!
Martin Seligman, a leader of positive psychology, wanted to find out what the key skill was that would determine successful insurance salespeople. This was a profession in which candidates had to expose themselves to a lot of rejection. Can you guess the outcome of...