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The Most Crucial Skill Sets for Successful Communication

Learn to notice that the way in which you are interacting with someone can possibly interfere with their ability to listen objectively to what you are saying.

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How to Break Bad Habits: 7 Tips for Lasting Results

"Most cravings only usually last from a few minutes to about 20 to 30" says one expert — so if you take a quick stroll, you may walk away the craving.

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You Can Basically Trick Your Mind Into Falling Asleep With These 3 Expert-Approved Techniques

If racing thoughts or worries are keeping you awake, try one of these three mental tricks to fall asleep, straight from sleep doctors.

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Quiet the Anxiety in Your Head—20 Best Ways To Stop Overthinking

Everyone knows that thinking before acting is wise but when does our thinking actually become debilitating? With too much thinking, negative thoughts can begin

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Quiet the Anxiety in Your Head—20 Best Ways To Stop Overthinking

Everyone knows that thinking before acting is wise but when does our thinking actually become debilitating? With too much thinking, negative thoughts can begin

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How to stop eating food for comfort | Psychologies

Want to learn how to stop eating food for comfort? Here are a few simple food swaps to replace your carbs.

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5 Habits of a Highly Effective Coach

Being a great coach is about more than just mastering technical skills. It's also about developing the right habits.

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15 Best Mental Health Podcasts of 2022

This collection of podcasts addresses mental health issues, for anyone looking for self-help advice on different conditions and improving emotional wellness.

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How to Tell Your Boss You Have Too Much Work

How do you tell your boss you have too much work or are overworked? It's a delicate conversation. Here's how to make it go smoothly.

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5 Ways to Shut Off Your Brain Before Bed So You Get Restful Sleep

A buzzing mind is often the reason we can't doze off — or sleep restfully. Fortunately, these activities help "shut off the brain," and they can be tailored to your own needs and circumstances.

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Always Too Hard on Yourself? Try These 5 Self-Compassion Exercises

It can feel counterintuitive to extend yourself some grace. But it's vital to do so. These self-compassion exercises can help.

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How to lose weight: A doctor shares 6 essential tips to make it easier

Forget counting calories, a Harvard doctor explains why restrictive diets don’t work and what to do instead.

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How to Set (and Reach) Goals in Wildly Unpredictable Times

Statistically speaking, most resolutions died this week. Should you give up on goals? No, just change how you pursue them.

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5 Must-Do Steps To Win After The Pandemic | Inc.

Solve the problems your customers will face post-pandemic before your competitors do

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Is Thinking About Work Keeping You Up Late at Night? Here Are 4 Proven Ways to Get the Sleep You Deserve

According to a 2018 Korn Ferry study, stress causes sleep deprivation for 66 percent of American workers.

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7 Lies You Tell Yourself That Keep You From Succeeding | Inc.

These are untruths any one of us can get trapped in --so free yourself to soar.

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4 Exercises to Get Rid of a Creative Block in Less Than 10 Minutes

Your mind holds an endless well of ideas and creative solutions. You just have to open it. Try these four exercises to eliminate blocks.

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5 Career Paths That Are Perfect For Introverts!

Are you an introvert? Many jobs today don't necessarily cater to your personality type strengths. Here are 5 career paths you should consider.

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How to Stay Cool Without Air Conditioning!

Now that summer has officially started and the temperatures (and humidity) are getting up there, a lot of people are trying to stay cool. Sure, some can just turn on their air conditioning, but not everyone has that option. And even if you do, you might b

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Over 40? Seven Modern Executive Resume Strategies To Make You Appear Younger

Getting overlooked for jobs you're qualified for? Implement these modernized strategies within your resume.

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See How One Couple Retired by 35 and Traded in Work for Full-Time Travel | GOBankingRates

Who doesn't daydream of retiring early? The Adcock family turned that fantasy into a reality before they turned 40. Keep reading to see how they managed to retire so early. Trading in Tech for R and R...

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11 Nifty Ways to Bring Your Clothes Back to Life – Op Cast

Why is it that your favorite clothes seem to take the brunt of wear and tear more heavily than your other clothes? Well, don’t […]

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How to Pick the Best Glasses for Your Face Shape: A Visual Guide | Allure

When picking out glasses, knowing your face shape can be helpful, so we consulted two stylists to help five staffers figure out the best pair of frames for their face.

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12 Simple Phrases That Are Guaranteed to Make People Like You More

A dozen simple, easy-to-remember phrases, and they'll almost always make other people react positively to you.

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These are the 3 foods you should eat for a better sleep, according to a nutritionist

Milk, brazil nuts, and — surprisingly — carbs are the key to a good night's sleep, according to Dr Lisa Gatenby.

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This Is the Most Effective Treatment for Insomnia That No One Is Talking About - Vogue

A cure for insomnia exists, and it has nothing to do with cooling eye masks, body creams, or sleeping pills.

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8 Simple Tips for Getting Better Sleep (and Making Every Day Better)

Learning about how to master the art of sleep has changed my life for the better -- here's how it can change yours.

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5 Tips for Becoming A Morning Person

Even the most dedicated night owls can train themselves to become early risers.

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12 More Questions to Instantly Upgrade Your Small-Talk Skills | Inc.com

For some folks, small talk comes naturally. Others, like me, find it excruciating in all but the smallest doses. For the chitchat challenged, one way to make small talk more bearable is to arm yourself ahead of time with less boring conversation openers.

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Five Techniques for Maintaining a Positive Mindset

Disappointments are a part of life. Here are five tips for staying positive when things don't go our way.

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10 Ways to Make Your Room a Stress-Free Paradise

Follow these tips and turn your space into the most relaxing place in the world.

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Breaking The Interruption Habit - Mindful

One mom's attempt to notice the moments when we unconsciously interrupt others or allow ourselves to be needlessly interrupted.

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Networking for Introverts - 7 Simple Steps

You’ve heard it before: it’s not what you know, but whom you know. But...you hate networking. That’s ok, a lot of people do. And networking for introverts is even more challenging.

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A Calm Corner of the Mind: 5 Books to Understand Anxiety

Learning what it's like to live with fear can be frustrating. Here are 5 books to understand anxiety and offer some much-needed perspective.

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What Happens When People Reveal Their Mental Illness to Their Boss?

This is the second part in a series about revealing mental illness at the workplace. The first part, "

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Three Things You Can Do to Get Out of Your Emotional Funk

The hardest time in my life was 2008/2009 when I was going through my divorce and best friend’s suicide. I did three things that helped me:

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Psychologists Reveal One Of The Best Ways To Boost Your Mood

When we’re having a rough day, many of us tend to treat ourselves to some form of retail therapy, a favorite dessert or going out with friends in hopes of feeling better.

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10 Great Things That Happen When You Set Boundaries

A life without limits means rarely saying “no” and considering everyone else’s feelings before your own. Not only are these people-pleasing habits wholly exhausting, they put you on the direct road to burnout, a major health hazard in its own right. They disregard how much work or effort you can handle on a regular basis.

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All the Reasons Complaining Is Bad for You

Whether you have a student debt load that’s higher than your salary, a roommate who never does the dishes, a smartphone that’s two generations old, or all of the above, you probably have endless things to complain about. Hey, no one said adulthood was dreamy. But rather than giving you catharsis, regularly airing your grievances might negatively impact your health.

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What Exercises Can I Do to Become a Better Writer? - Freelancer FAQs

Have you looked back at an article or blog you wrote as a freelance writer and cringed? I know I have, and I still do. Sometimes the issue is punctuation then I realize my flow is off or the wording is awkward. Writing can be a difficult skill to master.

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7 Bizarre Sleeping Habits Of Some Of The Most Successful People On This Planet - Happiness

For those at the top with demanding schedules and intense pressure, sleep schedules are often neglected and pushed aside. (Lack of sleep and exhaustion were the reasons Arianna Huffington collapsed in 2007 in her office.) While we can’t be sure of the health effects these sleeping regimens had—or will have—on the people below, their odd habits are definitely worth noting.

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11 Activities To Do Before Bed That Aren't Checking Your Phone

Catching up on #TBTs and engagement announcements before hitting the hay can be entertaining, but it's time to ditch your social media life for an activity that better preps you for sleep. And your phone's not invited.

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When Is It OK To Claim You're 'Having A Panic Attack?'

Throwing around mental health-related terms in a casual manner perpetuates a negative stereotype about people with mental illness.

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7 Things Happy Couples Do Differently

There’s no exact formula for a great relationship. In fact, all relationships are made of two people from different backgrounds and experiences, who are doing their best to make it work.

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How to Stress Less and Achieve More

Let's be honest. Work is not always easy. Whether you're employed or your own boss, you got pressure to deliver. Today, that usually means higher demands, in less time, and with more distractions....

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9 Ways To Be Good To Yourself -- Starting Today

Many of us go through life receiving negative messages from parents, so-called 'friends,' partners, or even the media, telling us that we're not whole unless we buy what they're selling. When we accept these messages, we become focused on our own imperfec

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14 Tips to Get Quality Sleep Tonight | Alan Kohll

Sleep is important. Try some of these tips for better sleep in your own life. Share your favorites with your coworkers so they can get quality sleep and help you have a more productive office environment.

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11 Scientific Ways to Make an Excellent First Impression

It’s very difficult to bounce back from a bad first impression—but that doesn’t mean you need to fear meeting new people. Tackle first-time interactions with confidence with these 11 empirically proven strategies for making a lasting positive impression.

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How to Calm Down and Relax | Men's Health

This simple 2-minute breathing technique is guaranteed to help you relax when you're stressed. Discover how to do it.

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Eating to Beat Stress and Depression | HealthyWomen

Macaroni and cheese, chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken, ice cream—these are some of the foods women turn to for comfort when we're feeling emotionally strained, depleted or depressed.

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Chronic Procrastination – How To Cure it and Get on With Your Life!

To stop postponing important decisions and start living now you should left behind procrastination. I'll show you how.

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Tips For Turning Off The Chaos At Home | Houzz

What do urban gardens, the home canning craze, the resurgence of vinyl records and the renewed popularity of old-timey crafts have in common? They're all ways of addressing the same issue: rushed modern life.

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How to Build Resilience Every Day | meQuilibrium

Here are three ways to make resilience a practice in your life right now -- and reap the benefits of being able to ride out any storm (or surf through it).

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The Step-By-Step Guide for Turning Your Mundane Life Into One Full of Happy Moments

Here are my tips on what YOU could do to create your happy moments... (And I promise, there is no need to go to the other end of the world for that, you can as easily re-create the same experience at home.)

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10 Easy Ways You Can Practice Mindfulness | Elyse Santilli

We're literally missing out on most our own lives, which leaves us feeling shallow, empty and deeply unsettled. The great news is you can learn to be more present and mindful. Here are 10 easy ways you can practice mindfulness in your daily life.

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5 Stress Reduction Techniques to Use Now | Kim Bowen

I created my own toolbox of simple techniques to instantly calm me and help me focus. It makes me feel like I'm living more and actually enjoying even the days of chaos. Next time you're about to freak out, try these tips instead.

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11 Ways to Beat the Monday Blues

If the start of the workweek triggers overwhelming feelings of anxiety, sadness, or stress--you might have a case of the Monday Blues. Here are 11 ways to overcome them.

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Learning to Self-Manage Stress and Lower Performance Anxiety

Regardless of whether you're on a stage singing a song, in an office giving a presentation, public speaking, taking a test, running a football or fighting a tiger, your fight or flight system operates in the exact same way. So what can you do about it?

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10 Ways To Stop Worrying at Night and Sleep Like a Baby

You worry about something which only exists in your head. One thought leads to another and before you know it it forms a huge web around you and holds you captured.

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5 Things Resilient People Say to Themselves | meQuilibrium

Resilient people rewrite their habitual thoughts to be more supportive, realistic, and helpful. The great thing is that anyone can rewrite their thoughts; all it takes is practice. Here are five situations where resilient thoughts make all the difference

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Your Issues Aren't About You | Dr. Amy Johnson

As she talked about her fears of being a horrible mother, of not living a long, healthy life, and of being alone, I thought, "Those exact same things have passed through my mind."

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The 3 Most Delightful Techniques to Defeat Your Stress | Tom Casano

We've all been stressed before. And it can create knots in your back, arguments in your relationships, and affect your performance at work. Whether it's meeting deadlines for an assignment, getting g

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Science Finds Even More Evidence That Anxiety Isn't Just 'All In Your Head'

One of the largest misconceptions about anxiety is that the disorder is something people "bring upon themselves," a concept that is as malignant as it is incorrect. Adding to the evidence against this

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3 Steps to Stopping Self-Blame in its Tracks

Do you constantly cycle through self-blame, even when it's not your fault? Use these easy tools to stop self-blame before it takes hold of your self-esteem.

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What is stress? How to deal with stress proactively | Proactive Change

This page is about what happens under stress, and how it is possible to handle stress proactively. At the end of it, there is a practical summary of how to deal with stress and build resilience.

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Fear Of Rejection: 2 Ways To Beat It, Backed By Research

Fear of rejection is universal. But research has answers to the right way to approach situations where we might be rejected -- and how to cope when it does.

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12 Signs You Care Too Much About What Others Think of You (and what to do about it.)

Do you care too much? It sounds counterintuitive, but the most effortless, nurturing way to build genuine connections and a life you love, is to be willing not to be liked by everyone.

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6 Simple Unwind Strategies for Your Journey Home From Work | Amanda Gore

Here's a list of things, that work really well, for you to do once you leave work to unwind before you get home:

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18 Things You Should Stop Apologizing For

What happened to saying no and not following up with an explanation? What happened to just saying,

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Why Others May Be Treating You Poorly - And What You Can do About It

There’s an idea out there in the psychology world that we have control, to a large extent, over how other people treat us. This is big one that I've recently been finding myself reflecting on more than usual.

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How to Improve Your Mood Right Now: 3 Simple Habits

I often write about how a good start to your day often leads to having a good day in general. A social, an energetic or a productive start sets the context

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10 Steps to a Stress-Free Home - Whole Living Balance

Browse Whole Living's 10 Steps to a Stress-Free Home collection. Also get relationship & career advice, time management tips & natural stress remedies at WholeLiving.com.

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Why Your Old Friends Are Vital to Your Future

A new study finds surprising links between our youthful and adult social lives.

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5 Steps to Shining from the Inside Out

The past year has stretched me, pulled me, and challenged me more than I ever thought possible, but today I am more grounded, vibrant, connected and authentic than ever before with the unshakeable confidence to match, and I teach my clients to do the same

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9 Ways Mentally-Strong People Prevent Self-Pity From Becoming Self-Destructive | Amy Morin

Mentally-strong people refuse to allow self-pity to sabotage their success. Instead, they use life's inevitable hardships as a way to grow stronger and become better. Here's how mentally-strong people avoid the self-pity trap.

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101 Stress-Busting Ways To Chill Out At Night -- And Get Better Sleep

Turns out, plenty. Here are 101 surprising, electronics-free activities that will help you wind down at night rather than rev up, making it easier to fall asleep and get a good night's rest. Go ahead, give 'em a try. Your body will thank you.

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Why Punishing Ourselves Never Works the Way We Want It To

Why punishing yourself doesn't work. Has someone ever told you you’re not allowed to feel what you’re feeling? Maybe. Have you ever told anyone they’re not allowed to feel what they’re feeling? Perhaps.

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How To Stop Being A Perfectionist

Perfectionism can really put a wrench in your ability to achieve your goals. When things don't go as planned give these strategies a try before your inner critic kicks in, and you'll be back in the game in no time. Always remember that you don't have to b

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13 Things Anyone Who Loves A Highly Sensitive Person Should Know

When I was in kindergarten, a boy in my class tossed my favorite book over our elementary school fence. I remember crying profusely, not because I was sad to see it go, but because I was so furious t...

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How to Get the Most Out of Having a Mentor | TIME

Three Dog Night got something right when they sang, “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” And as entrepreneurs we pretty much feel that’s the number we’re doing most of the time.

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Ahhh! 6 Ways to Get Better Work-Life Balance

1. Manage yourself.Sufficiently managing oneself can be challenging, particularly in getting proper sleep, exercise and nutrition. Self-management is the recognition that effectively using the spaces in our lives is vital. Energy and time are finite resou

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Co-Worker's Bad Mood Getting You Down? Here's What To Do About It

When you're around happy people, you grow happier yourself -- a phenomenon known as emotional contagion, in which you can

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11 Successful Women Who Know Life Is So Much More Than Your Work

Life doesn't have to be all about your 9 to 5 -- just ask some of the world's most driven women. We rounded up advice from the interviews, commencement speeches and social media accounts of insanely successful women. And whether they started out...

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What to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas (And Not Enough Time) | James Clear

Ideas are like rose bushes: They need to be consistently pruned and trimmed down. And just like a rose bush, pruning away ideas -- even if they have potential -- allows the remaining ideas to fully blossom....

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7 Pieces of Advice I'd Like to Give to My Younger Self | Mo Seetubtim

Looking back to my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests....

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Here’s How to Strike Up a Conversation With Almost Anyone | TIME

Personal relationships are essential in today’s business world. The best entrepreneurs seem to have an innate ability to connect with strangers in any situation. They’re able to find common ground and build rapport with others almost instantly.

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5 Things Men Should Know About Dating a Single Mom

Dating a single mom is not easy, so I put together five things men should know about dating a single mom. Whether or not you planned to be a father, there may also be a kid who falls in love with you too.

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Stress Tip: Pay A Compliment

For 30 days, GPS for the Soul and meQuilibrium are providing you tips on how to live a healthier, happier and stress-free life. See the previous stress tips here. Generosity literally makes you happier and healthier. That can mean volunteering...

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How to Deal with Daylight Savings Time

Hey, sorry for the bummer news, but you're losing an hour of sleep tonight.

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Trying to Be Happy Might Be Making Us Depressed | Kathleen Smith

Thanks to the research of Rottenberg and others, however, we are beginning to discover that many of our previous assumptions about depression are dead wrong. Here's what we're learning....

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6 Easy Moves to Make in Your 30s That Will Pay Off Huge Later On

You still have time on your side, so even small moves can make a huge difference in the long term.

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Overworked And Overwhelmed? Use These Mindfulness Secrets To Restore Balance In 2015

Stress and burnout are an all-too-frequent condition for executives, and especially for entrepreneurs. According to leadership expert Scott Eblin, a return to mindfulness is the answer.

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8 Foods That Can Boost Your Mood and Help Battle Seasonal Depression

Just making a handful of tweaks to your diet as the days grow shorter can put a spring in your step long before spring is in the air....

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3 Amazing Mind Tricks That Will Help You Remember Small Details | TIME

Here are three tricks to remember information, especially at seminars and conferences

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7 Habits of Incredibly Happy People | TIME

Happiness is a state of mind. If you're willing to adopt a different approach to your actions, you can achieve it

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8 Essential Tips to Survive a Breakup Without Deleting Facebook

Facebook has given post-breakup blues a whole new meaning. Here are eight expert tips on how to survive a breakup without deactivating or deleting Facebook.

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How to Look Better in Photos Based on Your Body Type

Most of us don't like to see ourselves in photographs because we don't like to see our imperfections. Here are a few tricks anyone can implement to look better when the shutter clicks.

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What The Greatest Self-Help Books Of The Last Decades Can Teach You In 7 Minutes

What important messages do some of the greatest self-help books of our time share in common?

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Things Not To Tell Your Friends About Your Relationship

#7 Sex Awkward. This is something that really shouldn’t be spread. You shouldn’t be telling other people about this. Not only is this stuff really personal, it’s awkward to hear. What if someo...

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43 Simple Ways to Make Yourself Happy

You know when you wake up in one of those moods where everything kind of annoys you? We've been there. Sometimes we just want to give in and indulge in the

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14 Things No One Should Put Up With in a Relationship

Relationships can be awesome. They can make you feel better than eating the perfect slice of ice cream cake, summer rain drizzling on your shoulders, and s

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7 Ways Stress Ruins Your Life and 5 Steps That Start to Turn It Around

Obviously, if you want a healthy, happy and successful life, ending stress belongs at the top of your to-do list. Yet 83 percent of us are doing nothing about it. Too often, the wake-up call comes on the gurney in the emergency room. Make no mistak...

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15 Great Fourth of July Deals You Absolutely Must Check Out

This year, July 4 falls on a Friday. And given the sales we're seeing (entire stores at 40% or 50% off!), it's looking a lot like an early Black Friday. Happy National Ice Cream Month!

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9 Everyday Negative Thoughts You Need To Throw Away to be Happy - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement

Being an angry person, negative thoughts come in out of nowhere and ruins my day. I've been working on it and I realized how they are like to come in certain forms and shapes.

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Harvard Business Review: How to Spend the First 10 Minutes of Your Day

It shouldn’t involve email. If you’re working in the kitchen of Anthony Bourdain, legendary chef of Brasserie Les Halles, best-selling author, and famed television personality, you don’t dare so much as boil hot water without attending to a ritual that’s essential for any self-respecting chef: mise-en-place.

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Does Your To-Do List Make You Sad?

Your to-do list should not be a source of decision fatigue. Here's how you can fix this.

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27 Tips for Mastering Anything!

What does it take to become a master at your craft? Here are some pointers to get you started.

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4 Ways to Boost Your Confidence and Create Success - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement

Here are five things that have worked wonders in multiplying my own confidence and helping me reach towards my own version of success.

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5 mistakes you’re making before 10 a.m.

Video on Today: The Huffington Post has rounded up five of the biggest mistakes you may be making in your morning routine, like hitting the snooze button or exercising as soon as you wake up.

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10 Things You Need To Stop Doing If You Want To Be Happy

Stop stressing yourself out by putting too much on your plate. Stressed people aren't happy people, and no one wants to be around a crabby, stressed out person.

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19 Life Lessons You Should've Learned By Now

If you find yourself losing jobs, losing friends, and losing relationships constantly, maybe it's time to consider the possibility that you could be the problem.

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Start Wanting What You Really Want (and Stop Wanting What You Don't Want)

We downplay our true desires out of fear and the uncomfortable feelings of vulnerability. Because what if we don't do what we set out to do?...

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10 Ways We Accidentally Mess Up Our Relationships

I'm no relationship expert, but I do know it's easy to screw up a perfectly good thing by falling into a nasty set of behaviors. Love always takes work, ev

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Washing the Dishes Can Actually Make You Happy

Best-selling author and happiness researcher Shawn Achor found that your brain can only be positive or negative, not both at the same time. He found that by choosing

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6 Ways to Learn to Radiate Charisma If You Don't Have It at First

Here are the easy-to-implement suggestions of a formerly shy girl who's now a CEO coach.

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11 Signs Someone is in Love With You

For those of you who are in love, but aren't quite sure if your person loves you back, here are some signs that your love is returned.

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An Introvert's Guide to Networking

Whether you’re more extroverted or introverted, here are some tips to help you gain more confidence when meeting new people.

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    3 Steps to Stop Procrastinating and Start Working on Your Dream Project - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement

    If you don't feel so great about the possibility of your big dream project never happening, here's an easy 3-step process to get back on track when you find yourself procrastinating.

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    4 Ways to Stop Procrastinating

    Choices are never easy, especially when it comes to life's big ones. Phoebe, 39, came to see me one day, distraught after learning from a doctor that she might not be able to conceive.

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    Deconstructing the Fear of Rejection: What Are We Really Afraid Of? - World of Psychology

    The fear of rejection often holds us back in life. As we find the strength to gently embrace our feelings of loss without being self-critical, we can move toward healing and feel more empowered to love and be loved.

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    10 Ways To Ban Busy (And Still Get Stuff Done)

    Our words matter. How we describe our days and our lives impacts our perception of them. When we are

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    How Successful People Stay Calm

    The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their em

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    10 Questions To Finally Change Your Habits

    Stop fantasizing about how you're going to change. Ask yourself these questions, and make it happen--whatever your goals are.

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      Didn't Get What You Want? How to See the Good in 10 Minutes

      Unfortunately, we don't get that many true do-overs in life. And we certainly don't have control over everything. But we do have control over ourselves and the all-awesome power of attaching meaning to the events in our lives....

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      Why some thrive and others wither under stress

      If you're like most people, you think of resilience as the ability to bounce back from tragedy. Researchers are now looking into the traits that help people respond to stress.

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      3 Secrets to Rewriting Your Past - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement

      I saw an opportunity to rewrite my past, so I ran with it. What I mean by rewrite is not necessarily changing the past, but rather, changing the lens in which I view the past.

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      Do This in the Morning and Be More Productive All Day

      If you think coffee gets you kickstarted, just wait until you try gratitude.

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        Why Being Neurotic Could Actually Be A Good Thing

        Irritable. Moody. Anxious. Tense. Neurotic types get a bad rap, and it's no surprise considering the characteristics most commonly associated with the personality trait. Neuroticism is considered one of the

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          Could chilling out save your life?

          New York researchers say they have found a link between people with people likely to forgive themselves for mistakes and damage to their bodies caused by stress.

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            Counteract Anxiety With Curiosity

            Ultimately, life is one big unknown. In every moment, we have no idea what will happen next. Boredom comes when we fail to see the new in everything -- even the mundane and ordinary. There is, then, no reason to wait for anxiety to actively practice ...

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                7 Things Morning People Do Differently

                Inside each of us, is a genetically-determined clock. You can’t wind it, and you can’t hear it tick, but you most likely notice its effects every day. For most of us, those internal clocks, called our circadian rhythms, are naturally s...

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                  How to Consistently be a Calm Person Even if The Going Gets Tough - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement

                  When life pulls you down and you feel nothing is going your way, it can be difficult to stay calm but the need of the hour is to stay calm. Here’s taking a look at how you can maintain composure in tough situations.

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                      Why This Woman Says 'There Is No Age' At 90

                      I will turn 90 next month, and I feel physically as good as I have ever felt and mentally even better.

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                        5 Easy Tricks to Bust Out of a Bad Mood

                        You can either make or break your own happiness. And while sometimes it isn't easy, no matter the circumstances, you can choose to be happy -- or at least not miserable....