7 Reasons Why Sleep Is Essential for Your Health and Well-Being
Skimping on sleep can increase stress, undermine metabolism, suppress immunity, and set you up for a host of serious health problems.
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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.
How to Stop Playing Small
Ten ways to overcome short-term limitations in the service of long-term satisfaction.
Unpacking the Challenges of Social Health in the Digital Age
Americans are more digitally connected than ever before, yet numerous studies show that we are increasingly unhappy. Why is that? Dallas Hartwig and Pilar Gerasimo help us unpack the challenges of social health in the digital age.
Revolutionary Act 20: Aim for 85%
You don’t have to make 100% healthy choices all the time. It’s what you do most of the time — day in, day out — that counts.
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.
PUMPING IRONY: The Happiness Factor
A new study out of the UK validates my world view: Do stuff that makes you happy and you’ll maintain your functionality longer.
4 Ways to Make New Friends
If you want to feel more connected to others, break out of your social comfort zone.
Scott Kranz’s Success Story
Pursuing a newfound love of the outdoors motivated one attorney to rethink his career path.
PUMPING IRONY: A Painful Lesson
When we’re laid low by some malady, what would happen if we welcomed the pain rather than trying to escape from it? My recent attempts produced rather mixed results.
How to Reclaim Your Attention Span
We all get distracted, but there are habits we can cultivate to strengthen our focus.
7 Tips to Awaken Your Inner Sherlock
Here are some tips to boost your curiosity — and create a healthier, happier you.
7 Self-Care Strategies at Work
Here are self-care strategies for coping with the always-on workplace.
Why Do I Feel Worse About Myself When I Read Self-Help Books?
Sometimes, self-help books can overwhelm and set you up for unhappiness. Here’s why.
Defying Convention
Experience Life founding editor Pilar Gerasimo discusses the healthy rewards of conscious nonconformity.
One Step At a Time: Blake Mycoskie
The TOMS Shoes and Madefor founder talks about embracing challenges, seeking the next adventure — and enjoying the journey along the way.
A Few of My Favorite Things
The author of Joyful, featured on this month’s cover, inspires this moment of self-reflection.
How to Build Empathy and Compassion in Your Community
There’s a big difference between cursory cordiality and true benevolence. Our experts make the case for spreading deep kindness in your community.
Pilar Gerasimo on the Pursuit of Health and Happiness
The journalist, visionary, and Experience Life founder talks about her morning practice, the learner’s mind, and healthy-deviant mocktails.
The Health Benefits of Cycling
Cycling enthusiasts and experts explains the many ways that hopping on a bike, whether indoors or out, can boost your overall health — and just maybe help build a better world.
Coping With Ambiguous Loss
How do we find closure when we’re not even sure the door has closed?