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  • Five Minutes to Thrive -- Please (Don't) Lie to Me!

    Who doesn’t love a good magic show? Magic performances give us the opportunity to let down our guard, suspend our disbelief, and be deceived for entertainment’s sake. When a magician successfully pulls off a trick, we do not criticize ourselves for being dumb or unobservant – our egos smooth things

  • Five Minutes to Thrive - Entropy & Resilience

    As we approach Groundhog’s Day, I am reminded of times during the previous year when I felt a loss of steam, or motivation to get things done. Below are some of the resilience tools that I found myself going back to time and again to pull myself together and achieve a modicum of order and

  • Five Minutes to Thrive - Motivation

    Here’s a Five Minutes to Thrive to help you get and stay motivated in the New Year. As always, thank you for continued service to our nation! Your ART is here to support you, let us know how we can help.

  • Five Minutes to Thrive - Holiday Relationship Stress

    Are time-honored traditions sabotaged by unwelcomed conflict? Do loved ones end up becoming the enemy during the holidays? Is your family Christmas outing is starting to look like a "Clark Griswold's" story line.

  • The quiet power of meditation

    What do Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Sting, Halle Berry, Paul McCartney, Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Katy Perry all have in common (besides being rich and famous, of course)? If you’ve already read the above title, you can probably guess: they have all made meditation a part of their daily

  • Year-Round Gratitude

    Why does gratitude have such an awesome impact? It’s because grateful people see us all as interconnected; they share a sense of responsibility and commitment to the well-being of others, placing less importance on material goods. They also re-frame the bad things that happen to them as

  • Who are you?

    We are all a complex combination of roles and identities, ensuring uniqueness while informing how we think about ourselves and others. Some of these descriptors aid people in understanding us; others help us better understand ourselves. However, not all identity claims are positive; in fact, many

  • Embrace Forgiveness

    This is why forgiveness is so difficult; it forces us to recognize that we may not have any justice. It calls on us to be the “bigger person.” It tries to make us “let go” of the anger, hurt, and sadness we’ve held for so long, that has become a part of who we are—but it’s necessary for us to heal,

  • Adaption: Learning from our past

    Today marks the 70th birthday of the greatest Air Force in the history of the world. Over an extremely short span of time, our capabilities have risen (literally) exponentially to create unparalleled dominance in air, space, and cyberspace. With ever-expanding mission sets, and with ever-increasing

  • Tonight on News 363: Is your workplace killing you?

    Pain in your neck, lower back, or hands/wrists; eye strain and fatigue; and/or reduced blood flow to your extremities can all result from poor ergonomics—that is, improper physical positioning or use of muscles in the course of your job. While these issues may not be as noticeable or bothersome on a

  • Random Acts of Kindness

    Believe it or not, the above clichés are actually concise guidelines assembled by psychology professor Dr. David Niven from a review of decades of scientific literature which all focused on one simple question: how can we gain authentic happiness? I strongly recommend his published work, The 100

  • Video Games, Alcohol, & Exercise: How much is too much?

    If I were to ask you what video games, alcohol, and exercise have in common, what would you tell me? I imagine a few of the responses I’d get would be something like:“One works your muscles, one works your hand/eye coordination, and one works your liver.”“It’s advisable to avoid combining all three