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How Much Awe Do You Experience?
Results from a new quiz highlight some key factors that may affect how many sublime moments you feel.
Seize the Day
Behavioral scientist and adventurer Jon Levy shares his four-stage process for creating an epic experience anywhere.
Live and Learn: The Benefits of Lifelong Learning
An active mind and a quest for knowledge can pay healthy dividends — now and in the future.
5 Elements for 5 Seasons
How getting in touch with wood, fire, earth, metal, and water can improve your health.
9 Ways to Cultivate Courage
Simple ways to become your bravest self.
You Are Your Own Guru
In her fierce new book, White Hot Truth, Danielle LaPorte talks about overcoming self-help fatigue and learning to love yourself.
The Ride of Her Life
In 2015, ultra-endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch set out to find the place where her father’s plane was shot down during the Vietnam War and, in the process, found a new purpose.
4 Steps to Be Emotionally Agile
Even small transitions can upset your daily routines. Restore your sense of balance and ease with these tips.
Strategies to Stop Overthinking Everything
Is rumination robbing your peace of mind? Here’s how to break the habit.
Are Smartphones Causing Thumb Tendonitis?
As smartphone usage grows, more and more people are finding it to be a pain.
What Jealousy Can Teach Us About What We Truly Want
Jealousy is a feeling that few of us welcome. But by noticing the messages that underlie our jealous feelings, we stand to discover a great deal about ourselves – and the unrecognized desires that may be trying to get our attention.
The Health Impact of Attitude: Optimism vs. Pessimism
Pessimistic people are more likely to die from heart disease and have a shorter life in general, according to two recent studies.
When Someone Won’t Take No for an Answer
Not everyone accepts the word “no” gracefully. Here are five ways to get your point across.
The Pursuit of Happiness
A skeptical journalist sets out to discover the keys to a happy life — and finds herself changed in the process.
What Is True Cost Thinking?
When we begin to account for the true cost of our everyday purchases and choices, apparent bargains can become expensive indeed.
Tips for Coping with a Difficult Neighbor
His dog barks. Her compost bin smells. Your neighbors are driving you crazy. These strategies can help increase the peace.
The Freedom of No
This little word can lift you to new levels of physical health and emotional well-being.
How to Eliminate Your Limits: Q&A With Brian Grasso and Carrie Campbell
Husband-and-wife counselors Brian Grasso and Carrie Campbell on how to get out of your own way and become a change-maker.
Richest Americans Live Up to 15 Years Longer Than the Poorest
The health–wealth gap continues to divide us, a new mega-study finds.
4 Reasons to Hop on a Bicycle
Bikes mean big business — and huge health benefits — according to a first-of-its-kind study.
Country Strong: Q&A With Dave McElroy
A longtime Life Time member shares his thoughts on faith, family, and a healthy way of life as he embarks on a country-music career.