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Can’t Keep up? 15 Ways to Simplify Your Morning Routine

It can become pretty stressful, right? Every morning we have to struggle to get ourselves ready, get everything done and be out the door on time. And not to mention what it's like if you have kids as...

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4 Easy Diet Tips to Improve Your Digestion and Manage Your Weight

You’re tired of hearing about all the different diets, what you can and can’t eat, and how quickly you should be losing weight.  You know there’s no miracle weight loss trick.  You have a million...

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How To Stop Squandering Your Willpower (it’s a limited resource!)

We all want to have more willpower. However, if you are like most people, you probably  experience a vicious cycle of giving in, beating yourself up for it, and then giving in again fairly often. In...

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How To Say Good Bye

When there is much regret about your relationship with a parent, the end of life is an even more important time. No matter how many times we feel defeated or rejected by a parent, people usually...

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3 Ways to Become a Better Adult by Acting Like a Kid

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all of our lives." -Albert Einstein I remember when I was growing up, everything around me was a...

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Best Quotes Of The Month

In my new regular series I share with you my most inspirational quotes I've found over the past month. I hope you find as much motivation and inspiration in them as I did! Click to view Best Quotes,...

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10 Apps to Improve Your Work Productivity

There are thousands of apps for the iPhone that can really improve your life. One of the biggest areas where an iPhone can make a big difference is in work productivity. If you use some of the...

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Limitations – put a positive spin on it

Limitation is usually connected to something negative; it refers to being restricted, being held back from pursing or completing a task and it’s not just physical as we sometimes think. We all have...

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How To Live Longer: Be Positive

Want to live longer? Use positive words! As a Personal Trainer I often scour through the latest studies for the up-to-date research on exercise and nutrition. On one such recent 'hunt' I came across a...

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5 Differences Between Optimists And Pessimists

Optimism maximizes potential as pessimism squashes it. Look at these five distinguishing differences between optimists and pessimists and tell me - which one are you? 1. Optimists Believe They Are In...

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The Foundation of You: From Sorrow to Resilience

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~ Kenji Miyazawa If the title of this article called to you, know that your stories are not who you are. They do not define the person you...

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4 Methods to Make Personal Development A Lot More Fun

Personal development can be fun. But often times, it can also feel like a chore. You have to do this, and practice that, and you don’t really feel like it, and you’re not seeing fast enough...

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7 Fierce Ways to Get Motivated

Even after writing 8 Practical Ways to Get Motivated, I couldn't resist sharing 7 more "fierce" ways to help you get motivated. So what're you waiting for? Get motivated now! 1. Discover the...

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Be More Productive by Taking More Active Breaks… Outside

I have a job where I sit at a desk and type on a computer all day. Luckily, I have a nice window in my office where I'm able to see the beauty of some trees and a portion of the sky. I get to see the...

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Managing Our Emotional Monsters: Why Control Doesn’t Work

If you’re an average human being, you may be doing something that is actually based on a huge myth. You may be trying to control your feelings. Not the ‘good’ ones of course. We all like joy, love,...

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How To Always Be Yourself

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde The real you is the person you are when nobody is watching. But when other people enter the picture, things can change. You can change. How...

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Never Too High And Never Too Low

My favorite time of the year is the end of summer and the start of fall because that means I can watch college football. I probably enjoy watching the games too much. My wife is such a sweetheart and...

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Why Progress IS Perfection

Why do some people feel happy with so much less than others who appear to marinate in misery with monetary over flowing abundance? Could it be in the way success is measured? Could it be the easiest...

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5 Reasons Why Babies Would Make Successful Bloggers

I have been a proud father of our son for little over one year now. It’s really incredible to see how fast our little man grows up and the new skills he develops. At the same time, I realized that...

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5 Tips To Overcome Exercise Apathy

We all know the importance of exercise. From reducing major health risks to boosting mood, vitality and even brain power! Yet the sad fact remains that less that 80% of the developed world achieve the...

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