Six Ways to Achieve Your Resolutions and Feel Happier All Year
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New Year's resolutions are notorious for flaming out quickly. Here's what you need to know about how to create lasting, positive change and feel great while doing it.
Read MoreHurt Feelings: When Are They Too Much?
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As good as social connection can be, it also leaves us vulnerable to being hurt by others. Here's how best to cope with it when it happens. Also, how hurt feelings can point to things inside you that could use some attention.
Read MoreUnhealthy Relationships With Food: When Eating Is What's Eating You
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A reader of mine wanted to hear more about unhealthy relationships with food. Here's why it can be so hard to eat the types and amounts of food we want to, and how mindfulness can help.
Read MoreWhen You're in a Toxic Friendship: The Healthy Way Forward
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When you're in a toxic relationship with a friend who has an "all-access pass" to you, the pain can cut right to your core. Here's a framework for rationally assessing the situation and moving forward with a minimum of distress.
Read MoreTrying to Get Fit? Don't Neglect Your Mind.
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Your mind is an important part of your body, so be sure to include it in your fitness program. Mindfulness meditation provides a wealth of mental and physical health benefits, and helps you achieve whole-life fitness.
Read MoreFive Ways to Start Conquering Your Fears Today
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Everyone is afraid of something or other, but too much of it can be debilitating and keep you unhappy. Here are five quick tips for conquering your fears and taking your life back.
Read MoreEmbracing the Imperfect Mother
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Moms often feel internal and external pressure to be perfect. Here I break down the "perfect mother" myth and give some tips for taking care of yourself, and appreciating how good you are already.
Read MoreWhy You Should Stop Using the Term “Delayed Gratification” . . . Right Now
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Change or growth require effort now, hopefully for a reward later. But if you call this "delayed gratification," you're making things harder than they need to be. Plus, you're missing the gratification that's right in front of you.
Read MoreThe Sunday Neurosis: Does Your Education Affect How You Feel On the Weekend?
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If your mood suffers on the weekend, it might be the "Sunday neurosis." Research shows that it's more common among educated people, and it also highlights things we already knew about the importance of work to your well-being.
Read MoreHow to Make Room For the Sublime in Your Life
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If you've ever been awestruck by something you witnessed, and saw the world in a new way afterward, then you've experienced the aesthetically sublime. Turns out, the conditions you need for those experiences happen to be similar to those for a sublime life.
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