When a loved one is struggling, don’t offer advice.
Most of us think helping someone means solving their problem. Kelly Corrigan spent years getting this wrong with her own daughters before a friend showed her a different approach.
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The empty boat mindset tames your anger
You’re cruising down the highway, music playing, coffee in the cupholder. A silver Honda suddenly swerves into your lane without…
What to read: Fiction vs Non-fiction
I spend an embarrassing amount of time in bookstores, and I’ve noticed something. While the fiction section is filled with…
Do you know your Latin?
Latin phrases pop up everywhere. They’re compact, precise, and somehow carry more weight than their English equivalents. I started noticing…
The Buddy Boost: An accountability partner makes hard things feel easy
You know that workout you keep putting off? The one where just thinking about it makes you want to scroll…
The radical move by Maria Popova
the radical moveis to enter each dayas a constant nowfree from the clawsof then and nextso you may take the…
The Initating Friends List
You know that friend you keep meaning to catch up with? The one where months slip by, and you think,…
How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it
What motivates you? You know that feeling when you wake up and immediately reach for your phone to check on…
Wake Up to Light Exposure
You drag yourself out of bed feeling like garbage. The alarm went off 20 minutes ago. You’ve hit snooze three…
Too Busy to Work Out? Try “Exercise Snacking”
Exercise snacking, short bursts of movement throughout your day, can improve fitness as effectively as longer workouts, with research showing…