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How to Live Intentionally in the 21st Century

Do you ever find yourself doing half of one task, while doing half of another, and doing both badly?

Lydia Antonivna Lutsyshyna

Jul 18

How to Conquer Test Anxiety and Subdue Exam Panic Attacks

Create a targeted action plan for success on your next big exam

James Davey

Jul 17

How to Instantly Create Intimacy With Any Person You Meet

What I learned from a self-imposed social experiment

May Pang

Jul 15

Using Loving-Kindness Meditation to Overcome Resistance

Metta meditation can enliven your practice, get you unstuck, and quell the inner critic

Joseph Sanchez

Jul 12

This Is How To Train Your Daimon for the Most Out of Life

How to handle the dangerous tensions that come with being a highly creative person

David Paul Kirkpatrick

Jul 11

How to Reconnect Mindfully to the Plant Life Around You

Practical ways to take small steps to beat nature-deficit disorder and reconnect to the living earth

Summer Rayne Oakes

Jul 9

How To Look Like a Fitness Model Without Using Drugs: An Interview with Menno Henselmans

Learn how this expert trainer and researcher coaches clients for natural, evidence-based bodybuilding

John Fawkes

Jul 8

How To Help Your Child Reach Academic Success by Building Literacy

Proven ways to help your child succeed in school

Dawn Bevier

Jul 3

How the Ketogenic Diet and Intermittent Fasting Cured My Non-Diabetic Hypoglycemia

Feeling hungry and irritable often? There’s a chance you’re on a carbohydrate-driven rollercoaster

Julia Odom

Jul 2

Is Floatation Therapy the Ultimate Mind Hack?

A beginner’s guide to trying out float tanks, and the science behind the results

John Fawkes

Jul 1

How To Make Meditation a Daily Habit for Life

All the benefits-and joy-of a regular meditation practice can be yours by using the science of behavior change

Sílvia Bastos

Jun 28

How To Increase Your Motivation In 2-Minutes Per Day

“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates.”…

Benjamin Hardy, PhD

Jun 27

I Tried the Ketogenic Diet for 4 Weeks. Here is What Happened

How I Ran My Own Diet Experiment-and How You Can Conduct Your Own

Serdar Tuncali

Jun 26

The Recovering Codependent’s Field Guide to Healing From Heartbreak

Tactics to help you develop a more mature identity of your own

Hailey Magee, Codependency Recovery Coach

Jun 25

How to Use Yoga to Radically Transform Your Life by Alleviating Lower Back Pain

A no-nonsense guide to getting serious about feeling better by taking better care of your lower back

Tim Worman

Jun 24

The Power of Sharing Your Creative Process

How to organize a “Show Your Work” event at your workplace

Max Frenzel

Jun 19

Essential Management: Flex Your Communication Style for Context

Your employees need clear communication — delivered in the proper manner — to meet and even exceed your expectations

Vy Luu

Jun 18

Learn The Art Of Low-Carb, High-Fat Baking

It’s entirely possible to have your cake and eat it—without piling on the carbs

Shannon Hennig

Jun 17

This Is How to Raise Your Testosterone Levels Naturally

Feeling sluggish and less than sexy? Low testosterone could be the cause

John Fawkes

Jun 12

How and Why to Supplement With Magnesium for Health, Fitness, and Performance

Understand the crucial role of magnesium in your biology, test yourself for deficiency, and choose the right supplement

Keenan Eriksson

Jun 11

The Better Humans Podcast

Come listen to Matt East interview our best authors about their best articles. Each episode is inspiring, informational and fun.

Coach Tony

Jun 10

How Understanding Cognitive Distortions Can Help Cure Depression

Notice and reverse distorted thinking to break through the rules that are impeding your happiness.

Julia Odom

Jun 10

What Can We Do About Our Bias?

A 4-step roadmap for developing an always-on, honest relationship to bias.

Buster Benson

Jun 3

Just Do The Thing: A Guide

How to stay focused on one big goal and stop getting sidetracked by shiny distractions

Sam Rogers

May 31

Superbosses Playbook: Bureaucracy Busters

How to remove bureaucratic roadblocks by mobilizing the cohort effect

Sydney Finkelstein

May 30

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