It’s normal to experience emotions at at home or at work: frustration, anger, fear, excitement. But how you handle these feelings can go a long way toward building — or destroying…
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Laughter Boosts Immunity, Mental Health, Learning + More. Seriously.
March 26, 2020Exercise, sleep, diet and stress-management are critical for immunity. But there’s a lesser known way you can boost your health (plus a whole lot of other things). In these uncertain…
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Social Connection Boosts Health. Even When You’re Isolated.
March 23, 2020We 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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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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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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The holiday season is filled with gifts—and empty of what people really want. We’re seeing a loneliness crisis in our society with 42.6 million adults in the U.S. suffering from it (and that’s not…
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The Simple Guide to Becoming the Most Wonderful Version of Yourself
December 4, 2017“Follow your heart,” “Go with your gut,” “Find yourself,” “Speak your truth”—we’ve all heard these phrases ad nauseam.Each one is supposed to encourage us to live authentically and in line with our own…