We all know the basics of health 101: eat your veggies, go to the gym and get proper rest. But how many of us know that social connection is as important? Social connection improves physical health and psychological well-being. One telling study&n…
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The Pain of Loneliness and 8 Ways to Ease It
March 19, 2020Loneliness hurts. Most of us have experienced this. Especially in this time of quarantine, many can feel lonely. With the advent of technology and social media and the ever-increasing speed…
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Four Ways to Calm Your Mind in Stressful Times
March 10, 2020Life throws chaos at us on a regular basis—whether it’s our finances, our relationships, or our health. In the work world, around 50 percent of people are burned out in…
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Tried to Keep It Real in this Interview with MMLaFleur
January 22, 2019I recently consulted with MMLaFleur, a wonderful woman-owned company that believes in, promotes and lives the idea of compassion at work. As part of my time there, I gave an…
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How to Say No Like a Boss: A Primer in Self-Compassion
November 1, 2018We have all said yes when we knew better, and mostly the impact is as meaningless as eating an hors d’oeuvre just to be polite. But sometimes the impact is life-changing:…
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4 Ways to Stay Intensely Focused in the Age of Distraction
September 10, 2018As children, we were one with each moment—crying one moment, laughing the next— always intensely present and going along with the flow of being. As a result, we had an abundance of…
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A 2009 study found that the average American consumes 34 gigabytes of content and 100,000 words of information every day, certainly more than our ancestors ever handled—the iPhone had barely been out…
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What I Learned About Happiness When I Gave Birth Without Meds. Twice.
June 4, 2018My first experience giving birth without meds was crazy. I cried, I swore, I yelled, I called for my mom. The second time, thanks to a hypnosis training, I went…
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Why Some People Always Look So Darn Young & How They Do It (Backed by Science)
May 22, 2018I often hear 50-year-olds saying, “I’m getting old” and see some of them practically hobbling along, as if in time to their own script. But then I know 70-year-olds who say, “I…
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7 Powerful Ways to Uplift a Friend in Need (+ Yourself!)
June 20, 2017When Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In, lost her husband – she said no one knew how to talk to her. People felt awkward around her and didn’t know what to say.…