How you feel en route to your goals involves more than the progress you're making. Exploring the third dimension of your goals helps you fine-tune your understanding of what matters to you, and discover new motivations.
Read MorePopular culture frames unhappy moments as weeds in the garden, and so long as any remain, you have more pulling to do. But when you cast your unhappiness as an antagonist, you become blind to its merits, and can keep yourself from true well-being.
Read MoreIf you think that setting a goal and then achieving it on time will make you happy, then you may be in for a surprise. Your pace of progress is incredibly important to how you feel about the process of achievement, and sets the stage for what happens next.
Read MoreWhen it comes to your life, knowing what you don’t want, but not being sure what you do want, can cause you big problems. Free-floating aversions can sap your energy and feelings of well-being—and tending to them can yield widespread benefits.
Read MoreThere's more to achievement than perseverance and brute force. That oversimplification can set you up for self-blame when you fall short, too. Here we begin to take a closer look at some of the variables that affect your ability to get what you want.
Read MoreJudging by the internet, humans have an insatiable appetite for numbered lists (and small animals). As fun and informative as list posts can be, they can also reinforce unhealthy habits and thoughts, and impair your long-term happiness.
Read MoreMindfulness meditation can seem full of riddles. If practicing it involves accepting the way things are, then why would I practice in the first place? And how can it help me if I'm not supposed to try to change anything? Read on, and I'll try to clear it up for you.
Read MoreAmbivalence means caring about different things that are at odds with each other. It can leave you feeling stuck and unhappy. But if you're feeling split, it's not down to the core—that part is always intact.
Read MoreAvoiding change keeps you from a rich, embodied experience of your life. But relentlessly pursuing the new and fresh makes it hard to feel settled. We can learn from the lowly trout how to have it both ways.
Read MoreWhen you're trying to change a compulsive behavior, do you change your life so that the behavior doesn't fit anymore? Or do you try for as much stability as possible? Yes and no, to both.
Read MoreCheck out my free 28-page guide. You'll discover how to leave behind feelings of burnout and stagnation and start feeling energized, empowered, and fulfilled.
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