I 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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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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Stress has a rotten reputation—but not all of it is bad. The “good” kind gets you across the street quickly when you see an oncoming vehicle, or it motivates you…
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Turns Out Burnout is Linked to Loneliness – Here’s What You Can Do About It
September 9, 2017More and more people are feeling tired and lonely at work. In analyzing the General Social Survey of 2016, we found that, compared with roughly 20 years ago, people are twice…
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Americans generally believe that they need to “deserve” their vacations—that they should work hard, even push themselves, before they actually take a break. In researching my book, The Happiness Track,…
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Spiritual Practices lead to a large host of benefits for health & happiness While fewer Americans believe in God and millennials are the least religious generation in the last few decades, nine out of…
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A powerful new form of natural healing that hasn’t made it mainstream yet You’ve probably heard of acupuncture and Ayurveda. You may even know what tapping and oil-pulling are. But…
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An Incredible Alternative to Mindfulness You’ve Never Heard Of
May 5, 2016We keep seeing more studies demonstrating how mindfulness meditation can change the brain, make us feel better, and generally improve our lives. That’s great. But what if it doesn’t work…
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TEDxSacramento invited me to speak about what matters most to me. I chose to share the greatest secret to happiness and well-being I know and that I learned about through…
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Stacy Brindise, 30, was eager to have children. But after trying for several years to conceive, she and her husband, Mike, were still childless. Like millions of couples, the Brindises…