Attitude/Mindset
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The Paradox of Choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz on how our culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction.
How to Be Alone With Your Thoughts
Find it difficult to just sit with your own inner ramblings? Clinical psychologist Noam Shpancer, PhD, offers advice on taming the tumult and finding some mental peace and quiet.
Spring Cleanse: It’s All in Your Mind
The sorts of things we want to ‘clean out’ in spring are more likely to relate to workplace stress or overloaded social media feeds than to the storage of root vegetables.
Loving What Is
With just four simple questions, “The Work” founder Byron Katie challenges our notions of what our lives should be.
How to Calm Your Monkey Mind
Three experts offer tips for overcoming mental chaos and reclaiming a balanced brain.
Feeding the Right Wolf: 4 Ways to Stay Positive In a Negative World
Tips to keep from feeling defeated by life or scared about the future.
Versions of Happy
Maggie Lyon explains the importance of determining your version of happy.
The Strength to Sit Still: A Meditation Retreat
Fitness buff Jen Sinkler tests her limits — at a mountaintop meditation retreat for beginners.
Take a Break
Random moments of “unproductive” time don’t just make you healthier, happier, and more resilient. They help you work smarter, too.
The Happiness Hypothesis
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt filters time-tested philosophy about happiness through a modern lens to help you access the good life — from the inside out.
Rethinking Resolutions
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by resolution season, senior editor Courtney Lewis Opdahl found some insights in our archives to help.
How to Envision Your Goals: A Guide for Creating a Fulfilling Life
Bring your grandest dreams and goals into reality using simple words and pictures.
The Power of Habit
New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg explores the scientific research about habitual behaviors and what it reveals about how to change them. Plus: How to build healthy habits.
Reimagining Creativity
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. ― Erich Fromm
4 Steps to Connecting with Spirit
Let me be one more supportive soul to tell you (and me) that no matter how far away or blunted our lives feel from the emanation and presence of a deeper consciousness and energy, spirit is always at work and play within us
Avoiding the Fall Funk
I shouldn’t be surprised and yet every year I begin October thinking I’m going to be able to outwit the darkness.
How to Deal With the Fear of Bad News From Your Doctor
How to cope with a scary health diagnosis — without getting caught up in the chaos of fear.
Forgiving Ourselves Just As We Are
Maggie Lyon on celebrating who you are.
The Power of Positive Intentions
4 steps to create positive intentions.