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How to Use Technology Intentionally and Avoid Using it to Escape Your Emotions
Technology has reshaped the way we process our feelings. This expert advice can help us navigate the digital emotional landscape more smoothly.
The Minimalist Kitchen
By taking a streamlined approach, you’ll have more space in your kitchen — and room in your budget — for the tools you’ll actually use.
The 4 Communication Styles
How knowing these four different communication styles can improve your relationships.
The End of Fear
Psychotherapist Richard Schaub shares insights from his groundbreaking work on how we can acknowledge our vulnerability, build our courage, and find a path to serenity, even in a scary world.
How to Embrace Uncertainty
Ease your concerns about the unknown by learning to get comfortable with the unknowable.
How to Break Free From Fear
A shamanic healer explains how fear drains our vitality — and how we can reclaim more energy.
How to Find Stillness
Frazzled? Scattered? A few moments of meditative silence can ground you in peace and calmness for the rest of the day.
Be the Person You Want to Find
Looking for that special someone? Wishing you could change the person you’re with? You may need to start by taking a good long look in the mirror.
How to Stop Ruminating
These five strategies can help you break free from the spiral of negative thoughts.
How to Let Go of Performance Identity and Create a Happier Life
Are you measuring your worth by what you get done? Here’s why it’s time to give your productivity-seeking a rest, and go in search of some fun instead.
When Not to Share on Social Media
Posting about your life on social media is now considered the norm — but there is some information that is best kept offline. Check out these tips on online etiquette.
4 Tips for Offering a Sincere and Meaningful Apology
When you’re in the wrong, a sincere apology can go a long way toward healing your relationships — and yourself. Here’s how to offer a real apology.
17 Easy Ways to Simplify Your Life
Sustainability activist and television host and producer, Wanda Urbanska, shares some of her favorite tips for simple living
Are Small Irritations Draining Your Joy? Here’s What to Do.
When we stop putting up with the small annoyances in our daily lives, we create room for more of what makes us feel great.
7 Steps to Build Household-Chores Equity With Your Partner
For many couples, the majority of domestic tasks tend to fall to one partner. Sharing the labor can build equity — and enhance your relationship.
Feeling Anxious About Your Finances? Try These 3 Tips to Ease the Stress
Nearly everyone has experienced money issues, but for some, fretting over finances becomes full-bore anxiety. These three expert tips can help ease your worries.
Childless by Choice
A record number of Americans are choosing not to have children. Learn why it’s a valid choice, and how you might better relate to it.
The Joy of Home Gatherings: 6 Uplifting Reasons to Get Your Friends Together
The social equivalent of soul food, cozy home gatherings and small-group entertainments are drawing us closer — to simple pleasures and to each other.
12 Ways to Experience Holiday Joy
Rediscover the real source of the holiday season’s magic.
5 Health Benefits of Physical Touch — and How to Get More of It
Welcome touch is good for our health and happiness.
How to Set Boundaries Between Work and Home
In an increasingly digital work culture, holding space for loved ones can be challenging. These expert tips can help you invest in the connections that matter most.