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How to Make a Valentine’s Day Fun!
Since so many of you shared with me how much you enjoyed my New Year’s ritual, I was inspired to create one for Valentine’s Day. It is short and sweet, just like February 14th will be! For those of you...
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Want a Simple Way to Calm Yourself? Describe Your Emotion in One or Two Words.
I read David Rock’s very interesting book, Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long. One strategy particularly struck me: if you’re...
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The Thundering Signpost
In the midst of the umpteenth hacking cough, I had angry tears running down my cheeks. Caged in an aeroplane during a night flight to Dubai, I felt a rush of sympathy for my squirming neighbours. After...
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When Money Is More Than Just Money – How Saving Affects Your Mental Health
It was the summer of 2014 when I went to the grocery store one fine morning to buy a carton of milk. I was hungry. And I needed to down my box of Coco Puffs with milk. At the checkout counter, I...
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How to Handle Difficult Conversations
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi One of the most common sources of conflict among people is in the way we communicate. Oftentimes, conflicts do not...
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Why Storytelling Is Powerful
Wow. I felt disbelief not because of the story of sexual abuse I just heard. I was amazed that a beautiful lady just shared her most vulnerable moment in life with all of us, despite this being the...
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Is It Better to Have Status or Be Likable?
I’ve always thought you aren’t supposed to try too hard to be liked. You should be nice, of course—but choosing likability as a goal feels odd. Still, new research shows—and 9 out of 10 dentists...
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Read This If You’re a Recovering People-Pleaser (Or Want to Be).
I used to be afraid to say my opinion. The dreams I had were usually in contradiction to what other people expected me to do. Just as any woman with a “good girl syndrome,” I was too, ruled by pleasing...
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And Then I Made My First Million (Only to Lose It Later)
There’s a lot of disgustingly bad books and articles about habits for millionaires. AWFUL. I won’t say the titles. I have a lot of respect for the authors even though they have written useless books....
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Can You Love the Problems That Come with Your Good Choices? (Because There...
I’m in the middle of a grinding conversation with publishing collaborators: “If we do A, then B happens, so what if we do X instead?” Brows are furrowed. We’re workin’ this problem like a piece of gum....
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Here’s How to Find Epic Love on Valentine’s Day
“Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with.” – Unknown During my many years of being single, I used to dread Valentine’s Day. It was just another chance to...
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The Hobby That Changed My Life
I believe there’s no person on Earth that could say “I have no hobbies”. I believe everyone’s in love with doing something – knitting, origami, painting, skating, playing various sorts of games and so...
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Powerful Goal-Setting Tips for Creating Your Extraordinary Life
Goal-setting is an absolute must for people who want to succeed, find their true purpose, and create joy in their lives. Without clear goals, you will not have a clear direction on where you’re heading...
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What Is Your Boundary Blueprint?
When someone asks you to do something that you don’t want to do, do you politely decline their invitation or do you say yes even though you want to say no? Do you lend money to people although you know...
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He Told Me I Could Either Sleep My Way to the Top or Be a B*tch!
At 21 years old I landed my first job in Hollywood as an assistant at a big agency. Part of the orientation process was meeting with a senior agent for mentorship. You can imagine that I was pretty...
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Do You Prefer Childlike Wonder or Adultlike Wonder?
Recently, I was at a dinner party, and a new acquaintance told me that he wanted to cultivate a life of childlike wonder and adventure. I was intrigued. What an interesting aim. I was particularly...
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There’s MORE! Reach For it, Ask For it, Own it.
Just a few years ago, as I trotted downstairs to my home-based Pilates studio to see my first client of the day, thoughts began swimming in my brain. I thought, what’s next? Is there more? Don’t get...
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Four Steps to Moving Mountains and Receiving the Universe
There’s nothing like a double whammy anniversary for making you look back at that time last year. Especially when it’s a milestone birthday of the big 4-0 coupled with your first wedding anniversary...
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How Judging Can Make You a Better Person
This is the first part of a three-part series about judgments. I love to dance. I took ballroom dancing classes, rock & roll dancing classes, I went to dance parties during university where I’d be...
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What to Do About the Self-Sabotaging Voices In Your Head
As women, it’s easy to let our insecurities and self-doubts to take over. Sometimes, those feelings of insecurity and doubt can get so loud, they drown out the rest of us, taking on a role that’s way...
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