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    35 Healthy Ways To Challenge Yourself

    February 8, 2024

    Sometimes we need to reboot our lives, much like restarting a frozen computer screen when nothing else will. When we’re feeling wired and tired, we can slow down long enough to ask ourselves, “Is this depression or depletion?” Frequently it’s the latter. When we’ve been burning the candle at both ends for too long, things […]

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    35 Healthy Ways To Challenge Yourself

    February 8, 2024

    Sometimes we need to reboot our lives, much like restarting a frozen computer screen when nothing else will. When we’re feeling wired and tired, we can slow down long enough to ask ourselves, “Is this depression or depletion?” Frequently it’s the latter. When we’ve been burning the candle at both ends for too long, things […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth Tagged With: challenge, grateful, relationships

    12 Ways To Develop A Growth (vs. Fixed) Mindset

    January 19, 2024

    Do you often say to yourself things like, “This experience means that I’m not a good person”, “I’m not good at math”, or “I’m not worthy of my husband [or wife]”. If so, this is a clue that you may have a fixed mindset, in which you see things fatalistically, as if certain qualities of […]

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    12 Ways To Develop A Growth (vs. Fixed) Mindset

    January 19, 2024

    Do you often say to yourself things like, “This experience means that I’m not a good person”, “I’m not good at math”, or “I’m not worthy of my husband [or wife]”. If so, this is a clue that you may have a fixed mindset, in which you see things fatalistically, as if certain qualities of […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Courage, Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: brain, forgive, growth, mindset, opportunities, perseverance

    9 Tips for Effective Problem-Solving

    January 5, 2024

    At the beginning of a new year, we often review the high points and challenges of the past 12 months and make some resolutions for this current year. For many of us, those resolutions can be much the same as those we made last year. Why is it that some problems are so difficult to […]

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    9 Tips for Effective Problem-Solving

    January 5, 2024

    At the beginning of a new year, we often review the high points and challenges of the past 12 months and make some resolutions for this current year. For many of us, those resolutions can be much the same as those we made last year. Why is it that some problems are so difficult to […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: problem, problem-solving

    10 Questions To Ask Yourself For A Happier New Year

    November 10, 2023

    As the New Year approaches, you may be evaluating what has transpired this year, and what you’d like to experience in the year to come. The following questions may help you to constructively and compassionately consider where you’ve progressed during this year, where possibly you’ve taken some unexpected or unhelpful detours, and where you’d like […]

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    10 Questions To Ask Yourself For A Happier New Year

    November 10, 2023

    As the New Year approaches, you may be evaluating what has transpired this year, and what you’d like to experience in the year to come. The following questions may help you to constructively and compassionately consider where you’ve progressed during this year, where possibly you’ve taken some unexpected or unhelpful detours, and where you’d like […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Holidays, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self-Compassion Tagged With: grateful, happier, kindness, new year, relationships

    12 Truths About Personal Growth

    October 26, 2023

    Many of us find that once we have everything we thought would make us happy, we still have a nagging sense that something is missing – yet we don’t quite know what. Or maybe we still haven’t achieved certain important milestones, are still struggling to do so, yet find ourselves blocked against moving forward. In […]

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    12 Truths About Personal Growth

    October 26, 2023

    Many of us find that once we have everything we thought would make us happy, we still have a nagging sense that something is missing – yet we don’t quite know what. Or maybe we still haven’t achieved certain important milestones, are still struggling to do so, yet find ourselves blocked against moving forward. In […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: grow, learning, life lessons, open mind, personal growth

    17 Tips To Stay Motivated Over The Long Haul

    August 2, 2023

    There is something treacherous and insidious about procrastination. While it feels good in the short run, in that we are spared (for the present) the possible discomfort involved in pushing ourselves a bit, in the long run procrastination can lead to a type of soul sickness. We begin to doubt (and then more so as […]

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    17 Tips To Stay Motivated Over The Long Haul

    August 2, 2023

    There is something treacherous and insidious about procrastination. While it feels good in the short run, in that we are spared (for the present) the possible discomfort involved in pushing ourselves a bit, in the long run procrastination can lead to a type of soul sickness. We begin to doubt (and then more so as […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: compassion, motivated, values, worrying

    Seven Ways To Overcome Low Motivation

    January 20, 2023

    There can often be a big gap between having good intentions and taking the associated steps to transform these intentions into action. We can get tripped up by not feeling like making a healthy breakfast (rather than eating fast food), going to the gym (rather than sleeping in), nor searching for a job (rather than […]

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    Seven Ways To Overcome Low Motivation

    January 20, 2023

    There can often be a big gap between having good intentions and taking the associated steps to transform these intentions into action. We can get tripped up by not feeling like making a healthy breakfast (rather than eating fast food), going to the gym (rather than sleeping in), nor searching for a job (rather than […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, Courage, Depression, General, Goal Setting, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: anxiety, change, depression, habit, HALT, motivation, values

    4 Key Questions To Ask Yourself Each Day

    January 5, 2021

    Personal change and growth are healthy and in fact optimal approaches to life. We may fall into the alternatives of stagnation and regression from time to time, but to engage in these patterns on a regular basis isn’t likely to do ourselves or other people any favors. So, how do we get ourselves off auto-pilot […]

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    4 Key Questions To Ask Yourself Each Day

    January 5, 2021

    Personal change and growth are healthy and in fact optimal approaches to life. We may fall into the alternatives of stagnation and regression from time to time, but to engage in these patterns on a regular basis isn’t likely to do ourselves or other people any favors. So, how do we get ourselves off auto-pilot […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: forgive, grateful, personal growth

    68 Thought-Provoking Questions To Ask Yourself

    January 28, 2020

    In order to figure what would constitute a truly fulfilling and happy life, we need to have a clear sense of who we really are. Not who our parents, friends, spouses, colleagues, or the world at large thinks or demands that we be. Discovering and being our true selves can be a challenging task – […]

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    68 Thought-Provoking Questions To Ask Yourself

    January 28, 2020

    In order to figure what would constitute a truly fulfilling and happy life, we need to have a clear sense of who we really are. Not who our parents, friends, spouses, colleagues, or the world at large thinks or demands that we be. Discovering and being our true selves can be a challenging task – […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Personal Growth Tagged With: happy, questions

    26 Steps To Creating A Healthy Work-Life Balance

    April 9, 2019

    We all only have 24 hours a day. So, we cannot accomplish everything nor be everything to everyone. The big question is, how do you make time for what’s most important to you both personally and professionally? How do you manage your energy so that at the end of the day you feel as if […]

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    26 Steps To Creating A Healthy Work-Life Balance

    April 9, 2019

    We all only have 24 hours a day. So, we cannot accomplish everything nor be everything to everyone. The big question is, how do you make time for what’s most important to you both personally and professionally? How do you manage your energy so that at the end of the day you feel as if […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth Tagged With: balance, work-life

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