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How to Manage Your Personal Energy
It’s great to be generous, but do you know how share without running empty? Here’s how to give freely while safe-guarding the resources you need to thrive, grow and change.
Expert Strategies to Help Your Child Cope With Stress
So much for a carefree childhood. Today, even little kids are susceptible to adult-size stresses. Here’s where the stress comes from, and what you can do about it.
Peace Through Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Manage Conflict
The Enneagram can help us understand why each of us deals with conflict differently — and how we can find common ground.
Behind the Scenes: Kate Northup (Video)
The author and financial expert shares the backstory of her book, Money: A Love Story, offers tips for honoring your values as you work your way out of debt, and explains the essential role loving yourself plays in the process.
A Skier’s Perspective (Video)
Join Experience Life’s Steve Waryan on the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone during his trip to the Yellowstone Ski Festival last November.
Nordic-Skiing Nirvana
Breathtaking views and pristine mountain trails make the Yellowstone Ski Festival an early-season mecca for skiers of all abilities.
Kate Northrup: In Praise of Plenty
Taking care of your finances is a key part of caring for yourself, says the author and financial educator.
Revolutionary Act 4. Celebrate What’s Good
Look for signs of progress (beyond pounds lost) and rejoice when you find them. Give yourself a pat on the back every time you make health a priority.
Proof Positive: Genetically, Many Friends Are Like Family
Research duo Nicholas Christakis and John Fowler recently discovered that the friends we choose tend be as genetically similar as our fourth cousins.
The Health Risks of Being Young and in Debt
The United States consumer debt in 2013 totaled 11.5 trillion dollars. That’s $7,115 of debt per household.
Navigating Social Anxiety
Tricks and tips from professional performers.
How to Make a Mindful Decision
A study published in Psychological Science shows that just 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation can be an ideal tool for helping you make decisions.
10 Ways to Overcome Procrastination and Finish What You Start
Psychologist and author Neil Fiore, PhD, on how to make meaningful progress on your incomplete projects.
Your Brain in Love
The science behind lust, attraction, and attachment — and the enduring mysteries that data can’t explain.
Learning From Injury
Why sports writer Chris Ballard (almost) wishes he’d been injured years earlier.
Does Biking Boost Happiness?
Commuters who bike to work are the happiest — and have the highest sense of overall well-being — compared with those who drive cars or use public transportation, according to a Portland State University study.
Paddling Into the Wild
A canoe transports you to places you’d never see otherwise — at a speed that allows you to appreciate them.
9 Ways to Connect and Transform Your Community
Connect and transform your community with these tips.
How to Get Into Rock Climbing
Thanks to its physical and mental challenges, rock climbing gives new meaning to upward mobility.
How to Deal With the Stress of Moving
Tips for navigating the stress of relocating and feeling at home in a new place from psychologist and psychotherapist Elizabeth Stirling, PhD.
Discover Your Relationship Type — Are You a Buyer, Renter, or Freeloader?
When it comes to relationships, are you and your partner looking to stay put or still shopping around?