Videos for the week of May 17, 2009
This week’s videos are a hodgepodge of videos I thought were funny and we always need a good laugh. Laughter, they say, is the best medicine and the best self improvement tool. I hope you think they’re funny, too. 1st video is Cat Hair from my favorite – Sheepfilms. Here’s the description: “Making use of [...]
What does the Kentucky Derby Have to Do With Self Improvement?
by Irene Conlan – The winning horse, Mine that Bird, was a longshot. He paid 50 to 1 and no one expected him to win. He is a gelding. His trainer had never won a Derby. The announcer said the jockey, Calven Boral, was riding because that’s the only horse available for him to ride [...]
Videos for the First Week of May
1st Video: Gary Null – De-stress Tips Gary Null holds a Ph.D. in human nutrition and public health science. He has been a consistent voice on how to live a longer, more vital life through work that embraces the body, mind and spirit. Gary believes that much of what our society accepts as inevitable markers [...]
This Week's Videos are about Self Awareness
By Irene Conlan – The First Video is about Jim Clark – Founder of Netscape The more self-aware you are, good and bad, the better your odds of success. Jim Clark, billionaire and founder of Netscape, among many companies, is profiled and discusses this very important trait. This video cannot be embedded. But it certainly [...]
This Week's Videos are About Fear
By Irene Conlan – This week we will take a good look at fear. I received a comment from Stanley Popovich who has written a book about fear. (See the article in the left column). I decided to devote the week to fear and other emotions that hold us back and keep us from doing [...]
This week's videos
This week’s videos are varied. The first is a TED presentation with Dan Gilbert presenting Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy? Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when [...]
Videos on Habits and Addictions
The first video is a documentary done by HBO. It was originally 90 minutes long. This has been shortened and you are directed to HBO if you want to see more. It is still very good. If you wish to see it all I suggest that you go to HBO and read and view the [...]
A video look at self esteem
This week we are going to focus on self esteem. Without defining it, we all know what it means. How much we like ourselves affects everything we do and how we think about ourselves. If we are having a “fat day” we are off stride all day. If we’ve blossomed a big zit on the [...]
This Weeks Videos are about Laughter and Making You Laugh!
The first video is about Laughter Yoga which is springing up all over the world. This may be new to you – take a look and laugh along. The second video is part of a comedy sketch done by Ellen Degeneres and had me laughing all the way through. It is titled Humor therapy The [...]
Videos on Stress
This week we will be looking at stress, it’s affects on us and some ways to deal with it. With the economy on the downslike on a global basis seen as job loss, home foreclosures and bank closings to name a few, we are all impacted and the general stress level is on the rise. [...]
