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How to Stop Emotional Eating and Make Peace with Food

Do emotions drive your eating? Sadness, boredom, exhaustion finds you at the bottom of a tub of ice cream, wondering how you got there.  Maybe you’re so accustomed to using food to drown your...

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How to Get Back on Track and Succeed in Life

Is your life spiraling in a downward direction?   Are you challenged with not being as focused as you would like? Are you looking for ways to turn your life around?  Read the following to discover how...

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10 Gender Narratives Women Can Break to Bloom

Have you ever felt like you were playing by the wrong “rules”, but didn’t know the right ones?  Are you experiencing the awkward “ick” vibe at work, in a relationship, or in life? Do you sometimes...

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3 Tips to Start the Process of Writing a Book

“I have a book within me just waiting to be born.” “I keep notes of these phrases that come to me.” “I’ve tried over and over and haven't been able to write it.” As a book-writing coach, I hear these...

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How To Lead with Curiosity To Fall Back In Love With Your Job

Are you feeling a bit bored at work? Are you missing the growth and challenge you felt when you first started your role? If you have been in the same role or industry for a while, these surges of...

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5 Mental Habits of People Who Thrive Under Pressure

Dr. Beau A. Nelson, DBH, LCSW Some people seem to deal with difficult situations better than others. Maybe they’re the only one in the room who keeps a cool head when everyone else gets upset, or the...

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Sugar and Mental Health

Sugar tastes amazing and is in so many products that most people aren’t even aware of how much they are consuming daily.  Most people are aware that sugar isn’t a healthy food, but may not realize how...

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How to Build Self-Confidence to Start a Business or Side Hustle

Failure. Humiliation. These are the anxious feelings that creep up the spine of many of us when considering starting a business. Triumph. Pride. These are the feelings we need to focus on instead!...

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The Power of an Infrared Sauna

Years ago, I co-created a show on Youtube called The Wellness Experiment for my old company LEAFtv. In each episode we would try out a new, and sometimes controversial, (hello V-steams!) wellness...

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How to Ask For What You Need– Without Guilt

By Sonya Jensen — Of all the hard emotions –anxiety, anger, regret, etc.-- guilt can be one of the most difficult to overcome.  Guilt tells us that what we think, want to do or have done is wrong....

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Five Reasons Why Restrictive Diets Do More Harm Than Good

If you’re anything like the vast majority of the population, you started this year with one of these goals as a top priority: “get in shape”, “lose weight”, “get fit” or “get healthy”. I get it. For...

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3 Life Experiences That Lead to Entrepreneurial Success

By Margot Machol Bisnow, author of Raising an Entrepreneur- How to Help Your Children Achieve Their Dreams; 99 S%tories From Families Who Did Entrepreneurs are often asked, “What’s your secret to...

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How To Overcome a Fear of Dealing with Money

Millions of people around the world struggle with anxiety and fear when it comes to their finances. This fear can manifest itself in many different ways, like overspending, refusing to open bills, or...

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Staying Motivated in a Remote World

The world is going digital, and organizations are experiencing what some now call "The Great Reshuffle." Beyond being the newest buzz phrase in the working ecosystem, it is a phrase that refers to how...

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How to Interpret and Break through Creative Blocks 

By Ronald Alexander  As a mind-body therapist working with creative clients for more than 40 years, I discovered that blocks to creativity can be rooted in old losses or trauma and can occur...

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Beyond Discipline: The Real Reasons You Don’t Follow Through on Self-Commitments

The popular self-help culture inculcates in us the belief that in order to become successful, we must have discipline. We are told that discipline is the key to achieving academic success, climbing on...

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The Ineffable Power of Humor

In the filmed opera Annette, conceived and written by the perpetually-failing-and-suddenly-hip band Sparks (brothers Ronald and Russell Mael), the protagonist, Henry McHenry, is a perpetually failing...

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Remove Resistance and Reframe your Stress  

If you feel as though circumstances have you backed into a corner, it’s time to reassess. If you’re sick of your situation — your partner is driving you up the wall, you’re frustrated with your job,...

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8 Tips to Improve Your Concentration Power and Productivity

One approach to improving work productivity is the ability to focus on the topic at hand. Distractions can hinder job growth but can increase the quality of the work. You can work to improve your...

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6 Expert Tips that Will Help You Build a Solid and Memorable Personal Brand

Personal branding is one of the most important things you can do for your personal and professional life. A strong personal brand will make you stand out from the competition and help people remember...

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