The Art of Battle Picking: 10 Ways to Know When it’s Time to Stand Your Ground
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Win some, lose some and sometimes, find middle ground. Life is a series of compromises, whether it’s a discussion with your spouse about vacation spots, an argument with your kids about bedtime, or a one on one with your boss about the latest…
15 Ways to Achieve Mastery of Anything
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From your golf game to your kids’ video gaming console, most activities of interest require a level mastery that can be attained by following some guidelines that are designed to make you better at...well...pretty much anything! That’s…
15 Ways to Trick Yourself into Meditating
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Does the idea of chanting OM make you say UM? We get it. Starting a meditation practice can be intimidating and frustrating. In our hectic, sensory overloaded world, most of us have trouble keeping our minds from wandering for more than 30…
Wake & Partake! 10 Surprising Ways to Become a Morning Person
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If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you or someone you love is a night owl with (perhaps?) the desire (or need?) to become more of a morning person. Everyone’s body clock—or circadian rhythm—is set to roughly a 24-hour cycle…
10 Ways to Redefine Happiness Right Now
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Are you happy? Really happy? What does it mean to be happy? What is happiness anyway? It is subjective or is there some sort of baseline? According to Dr. Rahim Kanji, “It’s that feeling of contentment; a place in your life without internal…
Body Image: 10 Lies About Our Bodies We Tell Ourselves Every Day
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We love actress Jennifer Lawrence for a million reasons but one of them is this quote: “If anybody even tries to whisper the word ‘diet’, I’m like, ‘You can go f*ck yourself’.” Women have worked long and hard over the years to…
10 Ways to Use a Long Weekend to Reboot Your Life
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May 26 is Memorial Day. Although it’s a solemn day when we remember those who have given their lives in the service of their Country, Memorial Day weekend is also the unofficial beginning of summer.
American philosopher Robert Rorty said,…
The Soulful Sweet Spot: 15 Ways to Make Your Work-Life Balance Right for You
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We’re all guilty of it. The proverbial vicious cycle of working to support your life and trying to find time to enjoy said life while working. It's our modern Sisyphusian state of affairs—where we somehow always feel like we’re struggling…
YES We Can…But Should We Always? 10 Reasons Why Saying NO Matters Too
Empowerment, Featured Stories, Health
Raise your hand if there are times when just one more request might send you over the edge. We all seem to be overscheduled, overextended and completely overbooked most of the time. Yet when someone we love needs help, we tend to say yes,…