Personal Development

With just four simple questions, “The Work” founder Byron Katie challenges our notions of what our lives should be.

Three experts offer tips for overcoming mental chaos and reclaiming a balanced brain.

Learn three efficient ways to get and stay organized — from Getting Things Done expert David Allen.

How performing undemanding tasks can kick-start your creativity.

Learn how to stop self-sabotaging your diet with proven strategies to break bad habits, reframe negative food thoughts, and build lasting healthy eating patterns.

Fitness buff Jen Sinkler tests her limits — at a mountaintop meditation retreat for beginners.

Learn from productivity expert David Allen how to organize your to-do lists based on what is doable and worth doing now.

Random moments of “unproductive” time don’t just make you healthier, happier, and more resilient. They help you work smarter, too.

Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, shows how the right ratio of ratio of positive-to-negative emotions can affect happiness.

Bring your grandest dreams and goals into reality using simple words and pictures.

In the first installment of a five-part series on David Allen’s organizational system, Getting Things Done, the chaotic jumble of things competing for our attention comes into clear focus.

New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg explores the scientific research about habitual behaviors and what it reveals about how to change them. Plus: How to build healthy habits.

Celebrity life coach Lauren Zander knows that the first step to changing your life is opening your heart.

Studies show the effect of mental strength on physical strength.

Why couples who focus on mutual core values are happier.