Tag: gratitude

  • Thanksgiving’s Underlying Message Of Gratitude Helps Willpower Around Food

    Thanksgiving’s Underlying Message Of Gratitude Helps Willpower Around Food

    As millions upon millions of Canadians and Americans look ahead to Thanksgiving with trepidation about overeating, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., a brain and cognitive scientist specializing in the psychology of eating, offers this timeless wisdom: Thanksgiving, with its underlying message of gratitude, can help, not hinder, willpower around food. In fact, says Susan — who…

  • Christmas Holiday Tipping: Who Do I Tip And How Much?

    Christmas Holiday Tipping: Who Do I Tip And How Much?

    There’s the mailman, mail woman and the doorman, door woman,  the pet sitter and personal trainer, not to forget the housekeeper, home healthcare worker and many others.  So just who do you tip this holiday season and how much? Sharon Schweitzer, an international etiquette expert, author, and the founder of Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide, offers…

  • How You Feel About Money Affects Your Wealth

    How You Feel About Money Affects Your Wealth

    Although we live in the richest and most advanced society the world has ever known, many of us say we need more money in order to be happy, notes best-selling business book author Doug Vermeeren. “Even some of those in the top percentile of earners often feel like they don’t have enough money,” says Vermeeren,…