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10 Habits That Will Make You Happy Today (Even If Life Isn’t Going Your Way)

In 2010, after losing my job and being unable to find another one for close to a year, I fell into a deep depression. During this time I read dozens (maybe a hundred) books on happiness, purpose and...

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5 Feelings You Want To Create To Get Your Emails Read

Nobody believes that companies open every email they get. In fact there is little hope at all that the majority of the emails your send will get read - even with an interesting subject line. The truth...

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7 Ways to Find Balance When You’re Feeling Lost and Overwhelmed

You’re frazzled. Exhausted. You feel like life is out of your control. You have so many obligations to meet. So many people expecting things of you. So many decisions to make. So many distractions....

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How to Remember Names in 3 Simple Steps

Hi Johnny.  Or was it James? Or Hector? Maybe your name was Samantha. How many times does this happen to you? You meet someone for the first time, shake hands, exchange names, and a few minutes later,...

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Why You Should ‘Write Through Your Mind’

We hear so many things about how to live a healthy life. Invariably, the same key words come up; yoga, meditation, pilates, healthy diet. And it’s all true. It can all be highly beneficial in...

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Why Selfishness Is A MUST For Happiness

‘No matter what you decide to do or where you decide to go, the main thing is that you are happy doing so.’ [caption id="attachment_31560" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pursue Your Passion[/caption]...

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How Motivational Speakers Act as a Catalyst for Change?

While defining a motivational speaker, it would be unfair to state that ‘they are the one who offer speeches intended to encourage or inspire their listeners’. The reason being, they are much more than...

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10 Motivational Good Reads

We all could use a little “self-help.” And that is probably the reason that the “self-help” sections of book stores are so large – everyone has a program or plan to sell us – one that will change our...

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Marriage and Money: Don’t let Finances Ruin your Relationship

In my own marriage, money issues started really early on in our relationship. Being very young and without any sort of savings, my new husband surprised me with a brand new mountain bike for my...

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3 Ways To Heal Your Shame by Mary O’Malley

The storyteller in our heads is so used to being judgmental, cruel and even vicious, telling us not only that we did something wrong (this is guilt), but that we are bad and wrong (this is shame)....

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10 Ways to Help If You Suffer From an Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorders all have acute fear and/or nervousness as the predominant symptom. They are disturbingly common, affecting millions of people. Generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder,...

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6 Obstacles Keeping You From Pursuing Your Passion (and How to Overcome Them)

You have something to say -- a story to tell, emotions to stir, imaginations to captivate. But there are obstacles that stand in the way of your success. It's a lot easier to talk about pursuing your...

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3 Steps To Mastering Your Habits

Why is it so hard to adopt good habits like everyday exercising or eating healthy food? To answer these questions it is necessary to understand what people in general, are doing wrong when trying to...

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8 Things I’ve Learned Since I Quit My Day Job

It’s been exactly one year since I quit my day job to pursue a full-time career as a freelance writer. Often that includes editing and marketing and other things so I’m not exactly writing 100% of the...

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How To Achieve A Zen Attitude To Cope With Every Day Problems

People usually have trouble responding and coping with every day problems. For a long time, I, myself, had trouble with my daily "problems".... Why? Because we tend to react the same way every time....

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5 Reasons Why You Must Be a Constant Learner

How many times you had the feeling that you are lost with a new subject at work? If you are like most people, probably many times... But don’t worry! It's super common in this day and age because we...

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How to Stay Productive in an Open Office Space

Open offices have once been considered signposts of innovation meant to promote collaboration and give a sense of community. Today, however, it turns out that working in an open space office has as...

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3 Steps To Declaring Your Financial Independence

Remember those times when you had to depend on your parents to provide you money for school? What about that time when you had no money to buy food and you were starving, but didn’t want to borrow...

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7 Things You Need to Know About Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

Everybody knows how to say it. "You've get out of your comfort zone. That's where the magic happens." But it's always so easy to say it. It's the doing that is actually hard. Starting to get out of...

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Could Cancer’s Favorite Building-Block Be Right Under Your Nose (And On Your...

We all love our sweets from dark chocolate to buttercream frosting.  The lure of sugar is undeniable. In 1907, the average consumption of sugar per person was about 90 pounds per year.1  In 2009, more...

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