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Break Your Bad Mood in Three Minutes

Elisha Goldstein looks at how we can reduce ruminating thoughts and restore self-confidence. We all have bad days every once in a while, but sometimes...
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Soul Guidance: How to Let Your Soul Lead Your Way into...

“The soul faithfully comes to our aid through dreams, deep emotion, love, the quiet voice of guidance, synchronicities, revelations, hunches, and visions, and at...
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Turn Negative Emotions into Your Greatest Source of Strength

Elisha Goldstein on using mindfulness to avoid getting stuck in negative moments. I always say if there’s anything we’re assured of in life besides death...
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15 Life-Changing Lessons to Learn from St. Clare of Assisi

     St. Claire Basilica, Assisi, Italy Clare of Assisi, the daughter of a count, was only 18 years old when she decided to give up...
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How to Meet Loss and Pain Without Fear

By practicing compassion we can open the heart to the universality of the human condition with clarity, allowing us to respond to difficulty...
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Self-Love: What It Actually Means (And How to Practice It)

Self-love is one of the most used and least defined terms in popular psychology. The instruction to “love yourself” appears on mugs, in therapy...
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Five Essential Elements to Develop Your Mindfulness Practice

Sometimes, all we need is a simple road map to get us started with mindfulness—or restarted, if it’s been some time since we practiced. Science...
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Is Self-Doubt Stopping You from Achieving Your Goals?

You have your heart set on something you really want in your life and the motivation juices are flowing. You’re feeling inspired, you’ve gathered...
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How To Date Your Best Friend

It is possible to grow from best friends into lovers The transformation from best friends to lovers: it happened in ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and...
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10 Things to Do When You’re Overwhelmed

Life can be challenging. With all the demands put upon you by work, family, relationships, external circumstances, and even yourself, it often feels as...