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Is Mindfulness Worth It?
A British author friend, Ruth Whipmann, author of America the Anxious, was shocked by something when she moved the US: everyone was so busy going to their mindfulness class and yoga class that they didn’t have time to spend with her — nor with their kids or their family. The…
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How to Say No Like a Boss
We 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: saying yes to a marriage, a job, or a home that doesn’t feel right. Eventually, those mistakes become glaringly…
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4 Foolproof Ways to Stay Intensely Focused
As children, we were one with each moment — crying one moment, laughing the next — always intensely present and going along with the flow. As a result, we had an abundance of energy and enthusiasm. As adults, we stand amazed before the energy of children and attribute it to…
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5 No-Nonsense Steps to Conquering Information Overload
A 2009 study found that the average American consumes 34 gigabytes of content and 100,000 words of information every day, certainly more than our ancestors ever handled—the iPhone had barely been out for 1 year, who knows how much information we take in today. We swim in an increasingly turbulent…
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Here’s What I Learned When I Gave Birth Without Meds, Twice
My 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 into a deep relaxation between contractions. To the point that my midwife thought I was sleeping and decided to take…
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