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How to Attain Happiness!

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Attaining happiness is a common goal. And while each person’s measure of happiness is a very unique and personal experience, we all can attain it. Our individual happiness depends on different factors, some we have no control of and others…
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How to Love Yourself in a World Defined by Plastic Surgery

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If I could just change this one thing, I would be so much happier. Have you ever had that thought? While plastic surgery is on the rise, especially among Latinas (more than 1.4 million Latinos in the US underwent cosmetic procedures in…

Why You Should be Under Qualified For Your Next Job

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Although flattering on the surface, the words: You’re overqualified, can be frustrating when you are looking for a job. But there’s a reason why employers avoid hiring people who are over qualified—they tend to get bored, underperform,…
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How a Working Mother Organizes Household Chores

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 As a full-time working mother of three young kids, I often feel like I can’t keep up with the household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, laundry and making sure my family’s needs are taken care of. Putting…
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Learn Self-Acceptance By Asking Yourself Three Questions

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When I lead [self-acceptance] workshops, I often give participants a series of prompts that I call Three Small Questions. The catch is that they aren’t small questions at all.  They are often big questions but what I want from them is…
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Sisterhood of the Books: A Female Bonding Book Club

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This fall marks the 10-year anniversary of a monthly book club that I’ve taken part in with a dozen women in my Texas hometown. We often arrive in outlandish costumes—to reflect book characters—and dine and dish on our latest monthly…
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4 Tips to Find Privacy in a Small House

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Our home is 1,144 square feet. I always have trouble visualizing just exactly what those figures mean, so let me put it another way—my house is smaller than your average two-bedroom apartment. The house is one story, has no basement, no…
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10 Secrets of Happy Moms

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We live in a world where moms are constantly questioning themselves, wondering whether it’s possible to ever be good enough, having to listen to the media telling us it’s unrealistic for us to want to have it all. Despite this, some…
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Diana Nyad: There is Victory in her Defeat

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The fourth time is not the charm for Diana Nyad. The long-distance swimmer, who turns 63 today, was pulled from the water yesterday at just before 1am (EST) nearly halfway through her attempt to swim solo from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida,…