by Brian Balke | Mar 13, 2024 | Mind Management
If you are working in a high-stress environment, you are using adrenaline to compensate for the fact that most of your mind is hidden behind a protective barrier to the subconscious. In his books “The Talent Code” and “The Culture Code,” Dan...
by Brian Balke | Jan 7, 2023 | Mind Management
In creating the Mental Bank (TM), a comprehensive motivational therapy, John Kappas recognized that American culture conditions us to believe the money equates to security. The method awards fantasy dollars to the subconscious for its support on the intermediate steps...
by Brian Balke | Aug 29, 2022 | Basics
Does the thought of taking time off drain your energy? Believe it or not, it can. Our body has two energy production modes, corresponding to anxiety or calm. They require different diets and schedules. The mode of anxiety is opportunistic and reactive; the mode of...
by Brian Balke | Sep 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
While most of us would prefer to be happy rather than anxious, we should admit that happy can be a lazy place to be. Our most creative moments are moments of play, when we shift rapidly between happy and anxious. The difficulty arises when we have a source of stress...
by Brian Balke | Mar 31, 2020 | Mind Management
Change is difficult in the best of times. Sometimes that change is joyfully awaited, such as the birth of a child. Even then, though, every parent will speak of moments of confusion, exhaustion, and perhaps grief over the changes that swept through their lives. Those...
