Year: 2019
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How to Do New Year’s Resolutions Right
Instead of making the same old resolutions as last year and the year before — you know the ones: going to the gym every day, saving money every paycheck, only drinking on weekends; the promises that are “forgotten” by mid-February — how about making resolutions for 2020 that you actually want to keep? This new […]
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Lessons Learned from Yelling at the Windshield
Yelling at the windshield doesn’t affect other drivers, but it’ll definitely ruin your mood. Here’s how to break the habit.
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Tuesday’s Tiny Tip: Treat Yourself to a Morning Minute
Most of us are so connected to our devices, it’s like we’re one with our phones. But what if taking a single minute in the morning before plugging into the digital demands of the day could set you up for a more blissful existence? Countless experts say it can. Those bleary, dreamy moments when you […]
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Got a Goal or Dream You Want to Reach? Start Today.
Anytime our vet gives our pets medicine, she writes the dosage on the prescription with the directions: “Start today.” This is advice I need when it comes to writing. I’ve been wanting to write a book about everything I’ve learned about how success doesn’t necessarily lead to happiness and all the things that do, but […]
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The ABCs of CBD: What It Is, What It Does and What to Look For
As the buzziest ingredient in health, wellness, skincare and beauty, CBD is turning up in all kinds of products, from tinctures and lotions to mascaras and cooking oils. Here’s what you need to know about what CBD is, what it can and cannot do, and how to find formulations worthy of your hard-earned green. WHAT […]
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Seven Things I Wish I Knew Sooner (but am glad to know regardless)
Everyone quietly (or unconsciously) fears that they are not enough or won’t be loved or don’t deserve love. This is universally human. And every spiritual book I’ve read and teaching I’ve heard says the opposite is true. We are enough, just by existing, and worthy of love. I still kind of need proof of this, […]
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How to Stay Young
“Live hard, die young, have a good-lookin’ corpse every time.” _ Tom Waits (and countless other raconteurs). There’s only one way to actually stay young, and that is to die young. Morbid, I know, but true. Otherwise, aging is inevitable, but your attitude about the accumulation of years can keep you feeling young right into […]
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What it Feels Like to Quit Drinking Alcohol for 3 Months (After Drinking Almost Daily for Years)
In a word: Enlightening. I did not consider myself an alcoholic, even though I drank wine most nights. Wine with dinner is totally normal. No cause for alarm. I’d pour my first glass when I got home from work or while cooking, and when it was empty, I’d refill it. Some nights it would be […]
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How To Be Grateful When Everything Sucks
In the wake of the two mass shootings over the weekend in the U.S., it’s obvious that everything sucks. These are just the latest violent sprees in this country, where mass shootings happen regularly. Government interventions have been ineffective and the current administration has stoked divisiveness. We are awash with guns and hatred, and it […]
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Wrapping Up the Self-Love Challenge
Last month, I launched the Self-Love Challenge, with the goal of finding something different to love about myself each day in May. Bonus points, I said, if you say them out loud in the mirror. I didn’t say any of them in the mirror. Maybe the first day, like, whispered. But that was it. This […]
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