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How to Make a Vision Board
Clarify your direction for this year (and beyond) with this inspiring art project.
The Art of the Relapse: How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits
Instead of feeling like a failure when you fall back into old, unhealthy behaviors, consider embracing your relapses as mile markers on your route to success.
Why Thinking Positively Doesn’t (Always) Work
How to stay emotionally authentic — without becoming a grouch.
Digital Detox
An Experience Life staff member unplugs her devices and enjoys some old-school fun at adult summer camp.
10 Benefits of Meditation for the Brain and Body
The influences of meditation stretch from head to toe, positively affecting your brain, heart, and immune system, and helping with chronic pain, insomnia, and depression. We’ve rounded up some intriguing recent research showing that meditation is a powerful ally for mind, body, and spirit.
6 Ways to Discover Real Gratitude
Why you should not overdo gratitude exercises, plus five more tips on how to nurture authentic appreciation.
Marie Forleo: The Life You Want
Marie Forleo wants to help you build a life you love — by developing the gifts that are uniquely yours to give.
How To Reinvent Yourself: 10 Tips for Transformative Change
Want to move beyond your life’s current limits? Shift your motive from self-presentation to service.
Behind the Scenes With Marie Forleo (Video)
An entrepreneur, Web celeb, and the host of MarieTV, Marie Forleo has found her calling in helping others pursue their dreams and identify their passion and purpose. Hear more from her about the importance of embracing our individual greatness and how owning our strengths can help change the world in our exclusive video.
Why I’m Re-Embracing My Morning Ritual
I’ve rediscovered the reason it’s totally and utterly worth rekindling my fondness for the best part of the day.
How to Be 10 Percent Happier
After an on-air panic attack, ABC newsman Dan Harris embarked on a journey of faith — and discovered a path to well-being.
The Art of Joy
It’s not a rat race for money, success and achievement. The quest for true happiness has far more value – for you and everyone around you.
How to Shift from a Judger to a Learner Mindset
The questions we ask can lead us down paths of discovery and delight, or down corridors of doom and gloom. Unlock the power of questioning with Marilee Adams’ transformative tool, the Choice Map, and decide which path will you choose.
Real Thanks
How to move beyond gratitude hype and get to the heart of the matter.
The Art of Condolence
When an acquaintance has lost a loved one, it can be difficult to know what to say or do. Here’s some guidance on offering sympathy with grace.
How to Avoid Drama
Are your relationships defined by tired role-play? Here’s how to break out of character.
Coming to Terms With Reality
Are you being held hostage by your negative thoughts? Byron Katie and “The Work” will help you discover how to negotiate a truce.
6 Strategies to Take Back Your Schedule
How to stop overcommitting your time — and start doing what matters most.
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.
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.