Lifestyle

The Strength to Sit Still: A Meditation Retreat

Fitness buff Jen Sinkler tests her limits — at a mountaintop meditation retreat for beginners.

By Jen Sinkler

Getting Things Done: “Process”

Learn from productivity expert David Allen how to organize your to-do lists based on what is doable and worth doing now.

By Erin Peterson

Healthy Habits/Goal Setting Time Management

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The Surprising Benefits of Taking Regular Breaks at Work

Random moments of “unproductive” time don’t just make you healthier, happier, and more resilient. They help you work smarter, too.

By the Experience Life Team

Attitude/Mindset Personal Development

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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.

By Brian Johnson

Attitude/Mindset Happiness/Joy

What Is the Good-Life Ratio?

Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, shows how the right ratio of ratio of positive-to-negative emotions can affect happiness.

By Experience Life Staff

Emotional Intelligence Mindfulness/Meditation

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.

By Lani Willis

Attitude/Mindset Healthy Habits/Goal Setting

Getting Things Done: “Collect”

In the first installment of a five-part series on David Allen’s organizational system, Getting Things Done, the chaotic jumble of things competing for our attention comes into clear focus.

By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC

Healthy Habits/Goal Setting Time Management

4 Strategies to Politely Decline an Invitation

How to say no to a social invite with grace — and a clear conscience.

By Jon Spayde

Family/Parenting/Kids

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.

By Charles Duhigg

Attitude/Mindset Healthy Habits/Goal Setting

Behind the Scenes With Lauren Zander (Video)

Learn more about our January cover subject, Lauren Zander, and her tips for setting goals that create lasting change.

By Experience Life Staff

Personal Development

Lauren Zander’s Tough Love

Celebrity life coach Lauren Zander knows that the first step to changing your life is opening your heart.

By Casie Lukes

Healthy Communication Personal Development

How Visualization Can Make You Physically Stronger

Studies show the effect of mental strength on physical strength.

By Experience Life Staff

Fitness Tips Mindfulness/Meditation

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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

By Maggie Lyon

Attitude/Mindset