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How to Keep a Healthy Mind While Aging: 8 Easy Strategies
Jeremy Sutton
With 1 in 5 people likely to be over 60 by 2050 (Ballesteros, 2022), it is becoming increasingly essential to […]
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Understanding Empathy vs. Sympathy: What’s the Difference?
Michael Eisen
Empathy and sympathy go to the core of what it means to be human. We are a social and highly cooperative animal that […]
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How to Encourage Clients to Embrace Change
Jo Nash
Many of us struggle with change, especially when it’s imposed upon us rather than chosen. Yet despite its […]
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EMDR Training & 6 Best Certification Programs
Susan McGarvie
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has gained significant recognition for its effectiveness […]
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How to Fuel Positive Change by Leveraging Episodic Memory
Jeremy Sutton
Some researchers believe that our memory didn’t evolve for us to only remember but to imagine all that might be […]
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Get Good at Finishing Things
zenhabits | June 14
By Leo Babauta Recently I had a reader write in to me about not being good at finishing things. A few examples of […]
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Secure Attachment Style: Why It Matters & How to Nurture It
Andrea Lein
Imagine a relationship where trust flows effortlessly, communication is a breeze, and both partners feel equally […]
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Theory of Mind: How We Learn to Understand Each Other
Jeremy Sutton
As psychologists, coaches, therapists, and humans, we spend a great deal of our time focused on what we and our clients […]
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The Science of Sleep: 7 Secrets for Better Wellbeing
Michael Eisen
Sleep is at once highly familiar—we all do it—and deeply mysterious; among those studying the science of sleep, […]
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Managing Chronic Loneliness When Aging: 23 Strategies
Susan McGarvie
Chronic loneliness can affect us all at any point in our lifetimes, but it can be a significant challenge for many […]
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Our Mistaken Ideas About What Makes Us Happy
zenhabits | June 7
By Leo Babauta Most of us are operating on mistaken ideas about what gives us happiness — and these errors are […]
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Vicarious Trauma: The Silent Impact on Therapists
Jo Nash
Vicarious trauma refers to the impact of repetitive encounters with indirect trauma while working as a helping […]
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Building Trust in Yourself
zenhabits | June 1
I find that almost all problems are a breakdown in trusting ourselves. If we could trust ourselves fully, so many […]
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My Morning Routine
zenhabits | May 24
Lately I’ve been waking up early (5:30am), because I traveled to London for a couple of weeks to lead a retreat, and […]
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Ritual to Greet the Day
zenhabits | May 23
Every new day is a tremendous gift. And yet we often take these days for granted, rushing into everything we need to […]
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The Possibility of Slowing Down
zenhabits | May 10
By Leo Babauta Our days are a busy rush, often from the moment we wake up. Even in our moments of rest, we are often on […]
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The Chaos & Abundance of Spring
zenhabits | May 3
By Leo Babauta For many of us in the Northern hemisphere, Spring has fully arrived: gorgeous sunshine, warmer weather, […]
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The Moment That Ruins Our Focus
zenhabits | April 26
By Leo Babauta I challenge you to do a test before you read the rest of this post (well OK, read the next two […]
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The Focus of a Monk
zenhabits | April 19
By Leo Babauta As I write this, I’m on a long plane ride — I’ve written many posts on planes and trains, and I […]
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Honoring Your Word to Yourself
zenhabits | April 12
By Leo Babauta There is a power to our word that is very often underdeveloped — words are magic, and can create the […]
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on October 27
I read a very powerful chapter of “Flow” yesterday, which included the following quote: “The foremost reason […]
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New Moon Journaling
on March 30
How To Use Journaling to Realign in the Beginning of a New Cycle. Tell me more about the Moon cycles. In the last few […]
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Gratitude Mandala
on January 2
Gratitude Mandala is a journaling game for one player, with the goal of tuning into loving-kindness and expressing […]
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Dream Nursery
on December 22
Dream Nursery is a journaling game for one player, with the goal of deliberately choosing dreams to “plant” in a […]
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Why Journal?
on December 18
Over the last few months I’ve been experiencing an explosion of vitality, creativity and abundance. But everything in […]
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Opportunity Cost (Journaling Exercise)
on July 30
There’s a difficult decision ahead of you, and you’re not sure which path to take. You’ve probably already […]
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Your Ideal Life Trajectory (Journaling Exercise)
on July 18
You’re about to die. Just before drawing your final breath, you get to see a film depicting the story of your life. […]
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Have You Quit Your 2021 Resolutions Already?
on February 16
Here’s how I’m keeping mine, one step at a time. This is the time of year when the excitement about New Year’s […]
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Systems vs Intuition - Which One Do You Need Right Now?
on February 6
You’ve probably heard a hundred times that good systems are a critical component for continuous and sustainable […]
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Your Antilibrary - How To Design Your Environment For Mindful Content Consumption
on January 30
You might have experienced the following problem: There are so many sources throwing interesting content at you all […]