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The Uplift Effect: 6 Micro-Acts to Brighten Your Day Every Day
Thinking about uplifts won’t uplift you. The key is to practice and commit to them.
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Not What You Think — A Counterintuitive Strategy to Boost Motivation
New research makes a case for gratitude and why you should take a test in a classroom instead of a gym.
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It’s Time to Stop Evaluating Your Emotions
Is all this focus on our inner lives making us miserable?
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Maybe You Don’t Need to Talk to Someone
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How We Talk About Mental Health Matters
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This Is How to Stop Ruminating
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An Antidote for Overthinking
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The Benefit of Keeping Your Feelings to Yourself
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Are You Quiet Quitting Your Relationship?
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The Secret Sauce of Wellbeing: People, Place, and Purpose
When we talk about mental health, the message matters
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What We Get Wrong About Motivation and How to Get It Right
Being other-focused is the key to reaching your goals
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The Perils of Reality Avoidance: How to Overcome Denial and Groupthink
Why every inner circle needs a dissenter in chief
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Doubting Resilience Undermines Resilience
Why assuming fragility erodes wellbeing.
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Is This Why You Overindulge?
Distilling the research behind hedonic compensation and how you can birdwatch and dance your way into happiness.
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Athlete or Not, Science Says to Do This if You Want to Keep Your Cool
What basketball can teach us about the game of life.
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Reflect, Don't React
Turning down the heat is the key to managing anger.
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