In this episode, Dr. Maria discusses how joy and happiness can be increased by noticing the simple parts of our daily life. We often reach for our phones instead of pausing to be present and notice the good things in life. 

In this episode, Dr. Maria discusses a simple way to intentionally plan for fun in your year. We usually place work first and there is then no time for fun. Let's flip the equation and plan for fun. 

In this episode, Dr. Maria discusses the pathway to leadership and team culture in describing the success of the Indiana Hoosiers football team in winning the national college football championship. A good culture and attitude always win. 

This episode tells the story of the leadership and team lessons when following the lead of a new coach / leader. Ben Johnson, the new Chicago Bears coach, transformed the city of Chicago with a winning team who made it to the playoffs. 

In this episode, Dr. Maria discusses the importance of building an overall culture for wellbeing in organizations. The organizations who do not take care of this topic will see decreased revenue and effectiveness. 

In this episode, Dr. Maria talks about growth and increasing value of your business through a prescribed five step process. Preparing to increase value is an important strategy to shift the business operator into the business owner. 

Dr. Maria shares real practical tips for improving your mental health. The key is to be aware and take action to "do the work" of mental health. 

Dr. Maria reflects on success lessons she learned when she first entered life in the world of business. Using topics from W. Clement Stone principles of success, Dr. Maria provides a short list of considerations for how to be successful in life and business. 

Dr. Maria tackles a pervasive problem, Imposter Syndrome - not believing in yourself even though you have accomplished a lot in life, with a solution. This solution is called "Borrowing Someone's Belief in Me". Listen to hear more about this solution to your own challenging thoughts of confidence. 

Dr. Maria discusses the various models for change and how to effectively move through change. She also shares her own RIDE model where she discusses a personal story of moving through change. This topic matches her book Navigating the R.I.D.E. of Change which is available on Amazon.