Halloween is the time when we poke fun at fear—which winds cultural tradition and recreation and playfulness into one.

This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com.

  Halloween brings with it a host of frightening images—the classic witches, ghosts and ghouls. But there are some fears we carry with us all the time.

  It’s easy to generalize about teens and their behavior: They’re moody, hormonal, short-tempered, and more interested in what their friends think than almost anyone else (including you).

  There’s a classic bit of psychology that we refer to often at meQuilibrium: the Yerkes-Dodson Law.

  The professional football season kicked off a few weeks ago. Upsetting scandals aside, if you’re a gridiron fan, this is your favorite time of year.

  A member of my team at meQuilibrium recently shared a story about her mother, who moved in with her family this summer.

This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com.

  Whether you use Google Calendar or Outlook or an old-school paper day planner or just your memory, you live and breathe by the almighty calendar. We all do.

This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com. If there’s a word people in the top ranks of human capital are buzzing about these days, it’s resilience.

  It’s easy to wax nostalgic at the close of summer: A brisk chill in the air, a longer shadow, a surfboard relegated to the garage once again.

  I’ve lived too much of my life in reaction to fear: Fear of being hurt, of being embarrassed, of not being good enough. It has kept me from being as strong as I could be.