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How to Choose Goals That Fit You

How to Choose Goals That Fit You

It’s easy to get sucked into the trap that other people have it all figured out. It’s easy to think that if we just did the same things…

Colleen Mitchell

Jul 15

How the Farmers Market Changed My Relationship with Myself

How the Farmers Market Changed My Relationship with Myself

I’d lost touch with my body, myself, and my relationship to food. I needed to find balance — I found it at my local farmer’s market.

Megan McClintock

Jul 15

How To Conquer Your Worries Instead Of Fixating On Them

How To Conquer Your Worries Instead Of Fixating On Them

Give yourself a break

Jul 15

Here’s a Trick to Becoming a Calmer Human Being

Here’s a Trick to Becoming a Calmer Human Being

If you’re a total worrywart, steal some serenity from your surroundings

Roshan Daryanani

Jul 15

How to Get Better at Anything Faster

How to Get Better at Anything Faster

Rapid adaptation and feedback

Traverse Davies

Jul 15

How to Avoid The Rich Trap

How to Avoid The Rich Trap

Money can buy you a lot of nice things. It can also cause you to lose control and do stupid things you know are wrong.

Jul 15

The Importance of Seeing Our Lives Through a “Big Picture” Lens

The Importance of Seeing Our Lives Through a “Big Picture” Lens

Viewing our lives in perspective will aid us in not giving up.

Jul 15

Girl Trouble

What helping to raise three daughters has taught me about life, the universe, and everything.

Jul 15

3 Sure-Fire Ways To Crush Your Pride

3 Sure-Fire Ways To Crush Your Pride

A crash course in peacemaking for a culture addicted to arrogance

Jul 15

Technology And The Digital Alter Ego

Technology And The Digital Alter Ego

Devices, apps, internet and our lives

Jul 15

I Want To Go To Therapy

I Want To Go To Therapy

Until then, I’ll just write through it.

Jul 15

What Manifesting Really Means

What Manifesting Really Means

And how to make this simple idea work for you.

Jul 15

Lost in My Thoughts

Lost in My Thoughts

An introvert caregiver’s journey to self care

Jul 15

Stop Trying to Read Everything

Stop Trying to Read Everything

Reading a lot allows you to learn a lot.

Jul 15

The Challenges of Forgiving Yourself

The Challenges of Forgiving Yourself

If you can’t move on, neither can anyone else in your life.

Kristen Creager

Jul 15

2 Archetypes of an Entrepreneur

2 Archetypes of an Entrepreneur

Which one are you?

Jul 15

My Plastic Panic

My Plastic Panic

What’s a Girl To Do?

Jul 15

Portion Control

Portion Control

Wherever you go, everyone speaks of one word these days — Portion Control.

kanupriyasindhu

Jul 15

When They Go Cheap and Global, Double-Down on Premium and Local

When They Go Cheap and Global, Double-Down on Premium and Local

Transcend the rat race and let your unicorn shine.

Jul 15

Getting Back Up After Screwing Up

Getting Back Up After Screwing Up

It doesn’t have to be so daunting.

Jul 15

I’ve Never Hurt This Much in My Entire Life…

I’ve Never Hurt This Much in My Entire Life…

Nothing — not even breakups or the death of loved ones — has made me feel as hurt as I felt that day.

Tara Fitness ⭐️

Jul 15

Sharing Is Caring

Sharing Is Caring

The importance of sharing your skills and knowledge.

Jul 15

I Was Accepted Into A Private School For Free, But Here’s Why I Chose To Sell Cars Instead

I Was Accepted Into A Private School For Free, But Here’s Why I Chose To Sell Cars Instead

It’s silly when you think about it.

Christian Sotero

Jul 14

Navigating Legends and the Reality of Love: Embrace the Gender Gap to Achieve More

Navigating Legends and the Reality of Love: Embrace the Gender Gap to Achieve More

Reflections on the gender gap in Sicily. Lessons on living and loving in patriarchy.

Jul 14

3 Things All Great Leaders Have In Common

3 Things All Great Leaders Have In Common

Greatness visits each of us in its own way — whether we’re born into it, or achieve it ourselves.

Jul 14

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