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What Is Behavior Design?: Understanding How Our Environment Shapes Our Behavior
Does your living environment support — or sabotage — your self-improvement efforts?
How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits
Old habits die hard — but reverting to unwanted patterns doesn’t have to sabotage your healthy-living progress.
The Power of Process
To create positive change, don’t obsess over specific goals. Focus instead on problem-solving strategies you can adjust as you go.
How to Experience More Awe
Discover how the feeling of awe can make us humbler, kinder, and more altruistic.
6 Ways to Improve Your Memory and Recall
Staving off memory loss requires more than just exercising your gray matter.
Use Technology More Mindfully With “Contemplative Computing”
Do you control your devices or do they control you? A more conscious approach can help you get the most out of technology.
Reach Your Fitness Goals With a Fitness Pact
A good fitness pact can help you (and a friend or two) achieve your health and fitness goals.
How Introverts and Extroverts Can Talk to Each Other
Introverts and extroverts often struggle to communicate effectively. Here are some strategies that can help them connect.
How Your Spending Habits Reflect Your Values and Support Your Energy
How our most intimate sense of self and our use of money reflect each other.
27 Simple Ways to Embrace the Green Hour
A daily dose of nature can improve your health and well-being. Here are ways Experience Life readers and staff get more green time in their day.
The Upside of Downtime
The scientific case for doing nothing more often — and its surprising rewards.
Order Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mud Room Makeover
A cluttered laundry-and-mud room becomes a functional, pleasant place to be.
Order Out of Chaos: Bill Payment and Desk Organization
Minimize the stress of paying bills by creating a simple system for household paperwork.
Order Out of Chaos: The Linen Closet and Bathroom
How to arrange your bathroom and linen closet so they support a more peaceful start to the day.
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.
How to Avoid Drama
Are your relationships defined by tired role-play? Here’s how to break out of character.
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.
Navigating Social Anxiety
Tricks and tips from professional performers.
Discover Your Relationship Type — Are You a Buyer, Renter, or Freeloader?
When it comes to relationships, are you and your partner looking to stay put or still shopping around?
The Unexpected Gifts of Travel
Why a change of scenery can make us feel better about everything — including ourselves.




















