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What is Mental Performance Training?
Using visualization and meditation techniques, mental performance training helps you to set goals and overcome obstacles, such as negative thinking, to achieve optimal performance. It can also help you to prepare mentally for high-pressure situations.
5 Ways to Ease Digital Eyestrain
The time you spend staring at your screen is taxing for your eyes. Here’s how you can take the edge off.
Family Style: 5 Recipes From Allen Lim, PhD
Sharing a meal with your tribe or team can boost your happiness — and performance.
Building Healthy Neighborhoods
Nine design principles that support collective well-being.
National Treasures
The National Park Service turns 100 this year. Celebrate this forever-young centenarian by exploring the remarkable places it protects.
Be 10 Percent Happier This Election Season
A new app provides an outlet to lower your political stress level.
The Power of Silence
Key insights from a legendary Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh, on how cultivating silence creates a joyful, nourishing life.
Behind the Scenes With Nora McInerny Purmort (Video)
Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot with writer Nora McInerny Purmort to hear how facing hard truths during challenging times helped her grow.
New Thinking on End-of-Life Planning
Popular attitudes about end-of-life care and death are changing, making it easier to thoughtfully prepare for the inevitable. Learn how to protect your quality of life — and that of your loved ones — all the way through.
A Labor of Love and Loss: Nora McInerny Purmort
Writer Nora McInerny Purmort’s raw and hilarious insights on love, loss, and grief have created a community of change makers ready to help those in need.
Hawaiian Bees Are First to Be Designated as Endangered
Federal protections have been given to seven bee species in the hopes their populations will rebound.
The Hidden Health Risks of Staying Indoors — And How to Create a Healthier Space
The Mayo Clinic and a New York design firm are collaborating to explore the relationship between built environments and our health.
Unhappy Pills
Women taking oral contraceptives suffer a higher incidence of depression, a new study finds.
Transform Your Reality With 3 Deep Breaths
Start by breathing in focus, discovery and possibility — then see the world through different eyes.
Tapas Party!
We might all be a little happier if we invited everyone over for olives, anchovies, and peppers more often.
5 Ways to Be a Compassionate Listener
Transform your relationships by changing the way you listen.
Feel the Beat: Rhythm Retreats
Finding your rhythm can be restorative and joyful. These dancing, drumming, and hula-hooping retreats will get you moving.
The Art of Stillness
In a world obsessed with speed and rife with distractions, there are few things that feel better than sitting still, paying attention — and going nowhere. A celebrated travel writer explains how to get there.
Be Quick — But Don’t Hurry: Achieve Your Goals with Focus, Effort, and Preparation
A former player on Coach John Wooden’s legendary basketball team offers sage advice on what it takes to succeed, on and off the court.
Behind the Scenes With Haile Thomas (Video)
Go behind the scenes with teen chef Haile Thomas, a healthy-eating advocate and founder of the HAPPY Organization, as she shares how she’s educating kids in making better food choices.
Cooking Up Change: Haile Thomas
Teen chef Haile Thomas shares her recipe for getting kids to eat their veggies.