Your brain has a budget. Not for money — for attention. Every decision, every worry, every unresolved argument draws from the same finite account. And when the account is empty, the person sitting across the dinner table gets what’s left: impatience, distraction, a flat “I don’t know” to a question that needed a real answer.…
mbg Spirituality & Relationships Editor Image by Garage Island Crew / Stocksy March 25, 2026 Arguments happen, and that’s OK. But when they do arise, particularly between couples, it’s important to have a tool belt of approaches and tactics to ensure the argument is productive—not destructive. And according to new research by the University of…
Table of Contents You Know Exactly What You Should Be Doing Why Everything You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked Goal Achievement Is a Design Problem, Not a Discipline Problem Three Principles That Turn Goals Into Results What Goal Achievement Actually Looks Like (Week by Week) “But I’ve Tried Systems Before” Frequently Asked Questions What are the 5…
Table of Contents You Know Exactly What You Should Be Doing Why Everything You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked Goal Achievement Is a Design Problem, Not a Discipline Problem Three Principles That Turn Goals Into Results What Goal Achievement Actually Looks Like (Week by Week) “But I’ve Tried Systems Before” Frequently Asked Questions What are the 5…
Your brain has a budget. Not for money — for attention. Every decision, every worry, every unresolved argument draws from the same finite account. And when the account is empty, the person sitting across the dinner table gets what’s left: impatience, distraction, a flat “I don’t know” to a question that needed a real answer.…
mbg Spirituality & Relationships Editor Image by Addictive Creatives / Stocksy March 22, 2026 Dementia is no easy burden to bear, both for those suffering from the condition and for the caregivers who monitor everything from medication to schedules to patients’ mental health. And indeed, those with dementia often do have coinciding mental health issues—but…
Table of Contents You Know Exactly What You Should Be Doing Why Everything You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked Goal Achievement Is a Design Problem, Not a Discipline Problem Three Principles That Turn Goals Into Results What Goal Achievement Actually Looks Like (Week by Week) “But I’ve Tried Systems Before” Frequently Asked Questions What are the 5…
Table of Contents You Know Exactly What You Should Be Doing Why Everything You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked Goal Achievement Is a Design Problem, Not a Discipline Problem Three Principles That Turn Goals Into Results What Goal Achievement Actually Looks Like (Week by Week) “But I’ve Tried Systems Before” Frequently Asked Questions What are the 5…
People want to know if their personality traits are the problem. After a bad fight, alone in the car or staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m., the question surfaces: Is something about who I am making this worse? It’s a reasonable question. But Gottman’s forty-plus years of research answer it in a way most…
Image by Sofie Delauw / Stocksy March 19, 2026 We all know how crummy one night of bad sleep can feel—but what about three in a row? New research suggests that even a few consecutive nights of short sleep can immediately disrupt heart health, even in otherwise healthy adults. The sleep-heart health connection Most of…
