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Determined to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s How.

I love making New Year’s resolutions. Yes, January 1 might be an arbitrary date, but I think it’s good that we all have a cue to ask ourselves, “What would I like to change about my life? How could it...

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Productivity and Pain: A Manifesto for Our Humanity

I hate to break it to you, but you aren’t a robot. Me neither. I know it’s hard, I struggled too when I first realised. It wasn’t just the realisation but what it meant… You see, robots don’t need a...

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The Spiderman Paradox

On one hand, Uncle Ben’s rule makes great sense: “With great power comes great responsibility.” The essence of the rule is that once you have great power, you need to take the responsibility that goes...

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5 Resolutions That Will Make You a Better Parent This Year

“Dr. Laura….My new year’s resolution is to be more patient. But when I told my family, they reminded me that I made the same resolution last year. I feel like a failure, even though I know I’ve become...

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From Iceland to Ireland, My Journey of Rediscovery

Two years ago, I was a recent environmental politics graduate who had just landed my dream job as a Project Manager in Iceland and, I was expecting my first child. Everything should have been perfect....

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Some Advice for Me, and Maybe for You

Lately I’ve been thinking about forward motion, taking risks, and finding the next big thing. Here’s some good advice I received (I added a bit to it) that might be helpful to you, too: You think a lot...

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Why You Should Pursue Love vs. ‘Likes’

Everyone is forgotten. Four generations from now, nobody will know your name. Everyone who likes your Instagram photo today will be dust. The air molecules they breathe out today, scattered all over...

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Grieving the Living

My mom received an Alzheimer’s diagnosis over half a decade ago. I accepted her diagnosis years after that date. I grieved the loss of her personality within the last two years. Grieving the living is...

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Show Me How to Love Myself—a Devotion

Show me how to love myself truly and entirely. Show me how to eat, sleep, and move my body for nourishment, restoration, celebration. Show me how to embody everything that is my joy. Face me toward my...

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How to Move on & Put past Hurts Behind You

Everyone makes mistakes and goes through difficult times in life. But it’s not your mistakes or your difficulties that define you, but rather what you learn from them that truly matters. How you think...

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Aim High and Do Everything in Your Control to Become Your Best Self

The world is full of paradoxes. One of the biggest is the tradeoff between having high and low expectations. On the one hand, we need to expect to win at life, otherwise; what’s the point of even...

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Alien Slime Molds, Cognitive Bias and the Common Struggle

How interested would you be in reading 400-page book, where the protagonist is a slime mold-like alien creature existing in the ear of a giant on a planet in a distant galaxy? The slimy creature...

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Single or Partnered: How to Make 2019 Your Year of Real Love!

The edge of a new year can be an exciting time full of hope and possibility. If you’re anything like me, you’re likely asking yourself, “What do I want to create this year?” If real, vibrant, lasting...

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Self Expression

Self-expression is not very encouraged in today’s society, which tends to reward more for achievement and appeasement. My guess is that your self-expression is a little backed up. How am I so confident...

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Why a Mirror Can Make You Behave Better, and 5 More Tips for Boosting...

Self-control is very valuable, and most of us are eager to boost our self-mastery. One of the best ways, it turns out, is through monitoring. The more aware we are of what we’re actually doing–not what...

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Begin Your Year Energized and Optimistic!

One of the biggest questions I get in my practice is how to get more energy in today’s fast paced, stressful world. In today’s blog I wanted to share five simple tips for you so you can run into 2019...

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Why You Don’t Need to Drink in Order to Succeed at Work

Beers at the bar after work. Wining and dining clients. Networking over cocktails. Alcohol can seem such a huge part of our work lives. What happens if you want to quit drinking, or take a break from...

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How to Keep Going When Everything Feels Hard

It’s no revelation for me to acknowledge that life and business are not always easy. Ask any newborn or seasoned business owner. There are just so many things at play: the complex lives and...

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The Shadows of Grief

The room was clean. A large comfy chair with over-sized cushions sat angled in the corner to look out the wide window and see the city. The streetlights flickered like tiny candles reflecting on the...

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5 Habits That Are Killing Your Happiness

I believe we were meant to be happy. I am also certain it was meant to be a challenge to get and stay happy. If not, we’d take it for granted and get bored. Therefore, life is about the pursuit of...

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