Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist, best-selling author, international speaker, and a highly sought after cognitive behavioral coach whose actionable, valuable and practical work has been featured on Fox News, ABC-TV, NBC-TV, CBS-TV, The New York Times, and The Huffington Post. He has been teaching how Torah’s wisdom can lead to optimal living for many decades. You can follow him on Facebook and in other social media, where he has posted the #MantellDaily5 everyday for years.
His books, available on Amazon, include:
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*Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: P.S. It’s All Small Stuff
*The Link Is What You Think
*Ticking Bombs: Defusing Violence in the Workplace (with Steve Albrecht)
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By Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — Here’s the choice we all have. We can either be a part of the 80% of Americans who don’t eat properly, sleep enough, make time for healthy relaxation, don’t spend quality and quantity time with friends and loved ones, and simply live in the illusion of health. This group […]
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Michael Mantell, Travel and FoodBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — Remember when the technology experts tried to sell us on the notion that all of their gadgets would free us up, give us more leisure time and make life so much more enjoyable? We’ve been fooled into thinking that being offered the opportunity to “telecommute,” or work from anywhere
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Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, Ph.D TECATE, Mexico — It’s been said, “No man needs a vacation as much as the one who just had one.” Not in my case. I’m away right now, as an invited speaker on how to extend longevity, at the world famous, top-rated, destination fitness and integrative wellness spa, Rancho La Puerta, where a
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Michael Mantell, Travel and FoodBy Michael Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — A recent Pew Research Center study of modern parenthood found that more than half of parents say they find it very or somewhat difficult to juggle work and family life. Dads are doing more housework and more moms are being are being paid for working out of the home.
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — There is no such thing as stress. Got that? Good. Then why are you wasting so much of your time with “stress management” programs, lectures, coaches, books, articles and websites? Could it be because you really don’t believe that there’s no such thing as stress? Oh, I
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — I’m convinced that if there was a drug that offered all of the benefits that play does, it’d be the biggest seller on the planet. But who needs to buy a pill when play is free, available 24 hours a day, and no prescription is ever needed? Plato
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Want to get active and healthy while also improving your romantic life? That’s right. The two go hand in hand. If you are concerned about your spouse’s/partner’s health, his/her weight or activity level, here’s a method for you to be a good role model for health, have
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO –Happiness, for many, is a serious life goal. We “only want our children to be happy.” People spend their entire lives “searching for happiness.” We hear people declare, “You bring me so much happiness.” Or worse, we hear people pronounce, “I’ll never be happy.” What’s all this business
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It was a rainy day in Manhattan. Trust me. I know. I got drenched. I did have an umbrella. Until I put it down in a trusted kosher restaurant in New York City, turned to place my order at the counter and in the “New York minute”
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Life, to many, seems like it is a series of popularity contests. The only people who don’t like popularity contests are those who either believe that they will lose them, or worse, do lose them. They hold their breath each time they walk into a room, get up
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Michael MantellBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — So you want to improve the way you and your spouse, partner, co-worker or friends at the gym communicate? There probably isn’t anyone anywhere that believes there isn’t room to improve in this most fundamental skill of life. If you disagree, at least do it agreeably. The
You’ve got a problem? ‘NAME’ it! Read More »
Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — I just finished loading my iPod with nearly three hours of Christmas music. I enjoy listening to Christmas music – especially the soppy, nostalgic stuff. I like the feeling of crisp, colder weather that the music reminds me of when I was a kid in New Jersey –
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — There is a little known custom involving Chanukah gelt worth understanding. It was customary to give children Chanukah gelt on the fifth day of the holiday. Why the fifth day? It’s the only day of Chanukah that can never come out on Shabbat. You see Chanukah never starts
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — “I’m so hurried at this time of the year, I don’t have time to breathe,” my Caffeinated Corner buddy spouted on and on. What’s a Caffeinated Corner? Oh, that’s the group I see nearly every morning at the local Starbucks where we sit and over coffee and a
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