March 28, 2016 So Right Do you love your job? Do you have passion for what you do every day? Is it meaningful and fulfilling to you? We spend so much time at our jobs, getting to our jobs, going home from our jobs, and thinking about our jobs that it would be great to be able to say you love your job! I have two daughters in college who are currently considering what to do after they graduate. They also have friends who are entering the workforce now, who are posing similar questions. What would I love to do every day and make a…
June 16, 2014 What Makes You Feel Good? Pleasure and pain are two opposite forces, which each send different signals to the brain. The pleasure signal gives the message: you should be getting more of this. The pain signal gives the equally, if not more, important message: you probably shouldn’t be doing this. When you are at work, you deal every day with these competing signals. There are some chores or tasks that bring pleasure, some that bring pain, and some that are most likely neutral. Is there a way to minimize or control those painful tasks or interactions? It would be worthwhile to try to do so if possible. Is there…