Personal Development

What Gives You Hope?

EL staffers share how they stay optimistic.

By Experience Life Staff

How to Forgive Someone Who Hurt You (Without Losing Yourself)

Learning to let go of resentments and grudges — without losing yourself — is an important step toward healing and wholeness.

By Experience Life Staff

Emotional Intelligence Happiness/Joy

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Understanding the 4 Attachment Styles

How we were parented in early childhood can shape how we love as adults, new research finds.

By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC

Emotional Intelligence Healthy Communication

Talks — S13, EP18 / Visualize, Compete, Repeat: A Conversation With Olympian Carrie Tollefson

Learn how to build an athlete mindset and why that self-belief isn’t reserved for the elite or professionals.

With Olympian Carrie Tollefson

Attitude/Mindset Endurance

10 Tiny Rituals to Bring More Meaning Into Everyday Life

Turn everyday actions into intentional moments with these 10 simple ideas.

By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

Healthy Habits/Goal Setting Mindfulness/Meditation

Finding Equanimity When Life Feels Chaotic

In her book Quiet Strength, psychotherapist Margaret Cullen explains how to cultivate equanimity — so we can stay present with our emotions without being ruled by them.

By Jessie Sholl

Attitude/Mindset Emotional Intelligence

3 Ways to Push Back Against Ageism

Yale researcher Becca Levy, PhD, shares her ABC method for overcoming ageism.

By Jon Spayde

Healthy Aging Healthy Communication

You Don’t Need to Fight Time

Our time is limited whether we like it or not. But we can learn how to make this fact work for us.

By Oliver Burkeman

Attitude/Mindset Healthy Aging

8 Tips for Interviewing Your Elders About Family History

Here are some thoughtful interview strategies to connect with older relatives and capture their life stories.

By Jon Spayde

Family/Parenting/Kids Healthy Communication

Midlife, Reimagined

Move over, midlife crisis — it’s time for the midlife convergence. Experts explain why midlife is an ideal time for becoming stronger, wiser, and more authentically yourself.

By Katie Dohman

Attitude/Mindset Healthy Aging

What to Do When You’re Confronted by Ageism

Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks, explains how to spot internalized ageism and respond to age bias with curiosity instead of resentment.

By Jon Spayde

Coworkers Emotional Intelligence

How to Turn a Staycation Into a Restorative Retreat

Skip the packing and the travel stress. Use this simple daily framework — time outdoors, joy, deliberate rest — to design a restorative staycation.

By Caroline Sylge

Home/Living Personal Care/Beauty

What Can Happen When You Keep Showing Up: Eddie Adegeye’s Success Story

How one Life Time member went from struggling through his first yoga class to competing in the LT Games hybrid fitness competition — and lost over 200 pounds along the way.

By Emily Ewen

Fitness Tips Healthy Habits/Goal Setting

How to Design Your Own 1-Day Retreat

Use these tips to help design, schedule, and reflect on a solo one-day retreat.

By Caroline Sylge

Home/Living Personal Care/Beauty

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What Does It Mean to Decolonize Wealth?

Transforming Wealth Into Collective Well-Being: A Q&A With Edgar Villanueva, Founder and CEO of the Decolonizing Wealth Project

By Kate Nelson

Financial Health Inclusive Wellness

a person runs on a treadmill with a towel covering the data

The Case for Tech-Free Workouts

Heading to the gym or out for your weekly run? Here’s why you might want to leave your digital devices behind.

By Will Schube

Fitness Tips Mindful Technology

How to Design a Creative Happy Hour

This guided-art journaling exercise isn't about cocktails — it's a dedicated hour to relax, unwind, and reconnect with your creative side

By Caroline Sylge

Home/Living Personal Development

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8 Strategies to Help You Deal With Rejection

Rejection is often painful, but it doesn’t have to be paralyzing. A psychotherapist offers strategies for processing and reframing the experience.

By Jon Spayde

Emotional Intelligence Personal Development

3 Runners Celebrate the Feat of 25-Year Miami Marathon Streaks

Returning year after year since the inaugural race in 2003, these runners show up for the tradition, community, athleticism, and fun of the Miami Marathon.

By Callie Fredrickson

Motivation & Inspiration Running