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How Awe Can Create a Greater Sense of Happiness
Psychologist Dacher Keltner on how awe can transform your life.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Identity Crisis
Experience Life‘s fitness editor talks about the benefits of adopting a fitness identity — and what happens when you lose it.
4 Strategies to Teach Empathy to Children
Use these tips to help instill empathy early on.
PUMPING IRONY: In Hock and Unhealthy
A growing proportion of U.S. seniors are struggling with too much debt, and a recent study suggests that it’s making them sick.
Merry and Mindful: How to Navigate the Holidays — Stressors and All
A Q&A with a Life Time MindCoach on handling the seasonal challenges that arise, reducing stress, and coping with loss and grief.
8 Ways to Rediscover Empathy
Our ability to feel compassion for others helps us survive and thrive. Learn how to feel empathy without burning out.
Finding Motivation
Ideas for tapping into what inspires you — so you can keep moving toward your greatest ambitions.
A Meditation on Choosing to Love — Even When It’s Difficult
It’s not always easy to love the people around us or the tasks required of us, but mindfulness meditation can help us exercise affection even when it feels difficult.
5 Ways to Build Community
Belonging, author Radha Agrawal believes, is a basic human need, like food, water, and shelter. Explore five ways to find and build yours.
What Is an “Energetic Boundary”?
If you have ever entered a room and picked up that something wasn’t quite right, that’s your energetic boundary at work.
4 Ways to Bring More Joy to Your Workouts
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, shares her tips to find more enjoyment when exercising.
3 Ways to Create Better Boundaries
The following strategies can help create strong, clear boundaries.
How Can I Calm My Fear of Flying?
Discover natural solutions to help alleviate this common stress response.
How to Create a Sense of Belonging
Community is more than your immediate neighborhood. Find connection with those who share your values.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Befriending My Body
When body positivity felt out of reach, our fitness editor discovered that gratitude could help bridge the gap between self-loathing and self-acceptance.
How to Respond to Gaslighting
Gaslighting can undermine your self-confidence and perception of the truth. Here are signs of gaslighting — and how to break free from it.
Aileen Weintraub’s Success Story
While on bed rest for a high-risk pregnancy, a writer faced her fear of commitment as her new marriage and home were falling apart around her.
How to Create More Mindful Friendships
Become a better friend by thoughtfully considering how you show up in your closest relationships.
Sweet Solitude
When we take the time to be alone, on our terms, we create space for reflection and possibility.
Principal Views: Misty Copeland
Trailblazing dancer and new mom Misty Copeland shares her perspectives on mentoring, activism, and resilience as she prepares for a return to the stage after a three-year hiatus.
How to Set Clear Boundaries
A renowned trauma therapist and coach explains how to manage your energy without getting swamped by other people — or hardening against them.