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What Adolescents Can Learn From a First-Love Relationship

"First love" is a very intense attachment where each party emotionally invests themselves more romantically than ever before, so there is much complexity to understand and manage.

"First love" is a very intense attachment where each party emotionally invests themselves more romantically than ever before, so there is much complexity to understand and manage.

Heal Yourself. Heal the World.

Self-help can become a trap, but there's a way to set ourselves free; address our anxieties, fears, and anger; find personal healing; and make a difference, all at the same time.

Self-help can become a trap, but there's a way to set ourselves free; address our anxieties, fears, and anger; find personal healing; and make a difference, all at the same time.

The Wake-Up Call We Don’t Want, but Might Need

Want to change your life without hitting rock bottom? Discover the 3 catalysts for transformation—and how to hack them using Stoic wisdom.

Want to change your life without hitting rock bottom? Discover the 3 catalysts for transformation—and how to hack them using Stoic wisdom.

The Awe Walk: An Antidote to Despair

A simple 15-minute awe walk can transform your emotional well-being and help you find peace in the face of despair.

A simple 15-minute awe walk can transform your emotional well-being and help you find peace in the face of despair.

Scientific Proof That Pets Can Make You Happy

How much does owning a pet increase life satisfaction? A new study shows that converted to money it has a value of more than 90,000 US dollars.

How much does owning a pet increase life satisfaction? A new study shows that converted to money it has a value of more than 90,000 US dollars.

Making Peace With the Unknown

The mutation of viruses, political leaders with arrested development, and global financial instability have us facing the unknown on a new level, creating stress and anxiety.

The mutation of viruses, political leaders with arrested development, and global financial instability have us facing the unknown on a new level, creating stress and anxiety.

Is Happiness Only for the Lucky?

Think happiness relies on luck or perfect circumstances? Discover why joy is truly an inside job, accessible to everyone right now.

Think happiness relies on luck or perfect circumstances? Discover why joy is truly an inside job, accessible to everyone right now.

How All of This Happiness Is Making Us Miserable

You’re not broken or going crazy. You’re having natural reactions to an unnatural world. Discover the hidden mismatch behind our misery—and how to reconnect with what matters.

You’re not broken or going crazy. You’re having natural reactions to an unnatural world. Discover the hidden mismatch behind our misery—and how to reconnect with what matters.

Turn Regret Into Purpose Before It’s Too Late

What if your deepest regret could become the spark that transforms your life? Turn disappointment into purpose—before it’s too late.

What if your deepest regret could become the spark that transforms your life? Turn disappointment into purpose—before it’s too late.

Relationship Healthspan: Why Longevity Isn't What You Think

We celebrate long marriages—but should we? Discover why relationship vitality, not just longevity, is what truly matters.

We celebrate long marriages—but should we? Discover why relationship vitality, not just longevity, is what truly matters.

The Free Hack for Overcoming an Anxious Rut

Rather than looking for complicated solutions to anxiety, nature’s simple power boosts your mood, creativity, and mental health—at no cost.

Rather than looking for complicated solutions to anxiety, nature’s simple power boosts your mood, creativity, and mental health—at no cost.

Traveling Is Good for Your Mental Health

For travel expert Rick Steves, embarking upon the Hippie Trail led him to a career centered around the joys of travel. Here's why traveling is good for your mental health.

For travel expert Rick Steves, embarking upon the Hippie Trail led him to a career centered around the joys of travel. Here's why traveling is good for your mental health.

Purpose Is a Birthright, Not a Luxury

You don’t need wealth to live with purpose. The most powerful tools for meaning are already in your hands—no privilege required.

You don’t need wealth to live with purpose. The most powerful tools for meaning are already in your hands—no privilege required.

You Can't Let Go of Control

Control is all there is to life. To solve all our pressing problems of living and make this global village the home that every dweller wants it to be, control must be our guide.

Control is all there is to life. To solve all our pressing problems of living and make this global village the home that every dweller wants it to be, control must be our guide.

The Future of Work Is About Fun

The key to employee engagement is in creating opportunities for genuine fun and joy at work.

The key to employee engagement is in creating opportunities for genuine fun and joy at work.

The Beauty of Being Average

In a world that idolizes success and visibility, choosing to live an ordinary life can be a radical act of self-acceptance and quiet power.

In a world that idolizes success and visibility, choosing to live an ordinary life can be a radical act of self-acceptance and quiet power.

5 Mistakes Hard Workers Make

Your conscientiousness is an asset; don't let these traps dilute its benefits.

Your conscientiousness is an asset; don't let these traps dilute its benefits.

Don't Confuse Purpose With Comfort

What if true purpose isn’t found in comfort or achievement—but in the struggle itself? Step into the arena and discover where real fulfillment lives.

What if true purpose isn’t found in comfort or achievement—but in the struggle itself? Step into the arena and discover where real fulfillment lives.

Don't Be a Modern-Day Peasant! Take Your Vacation Days

Time away from work is crucial! Learn how to avoid burnout, boost your productivity, and return to work with fresh, innovative ideas.

Time away from work is crucial! Learn how to avoid burnout, boost your productivity, and return to work with fresh, innovative ideas.

The Great Mental Health Privilege

Personal Perspective: What if the most unspoken, unrecognized privilege of all is simply being able to trust your own mind?

Personal Perspective: What if the most unspoken, unrecognized privilege of all is simply being able to trust your own mind?

How Self-Control Leads to Happiness

New research shows that you’re more likely to achieve your goals when you manage your experience of pleasure rather than denying it altogether.

New research shows that you’re more likely to achieve your goals when you manage your experience of pleasure rather than denying it altogether.

The Least Glamorous of the Seven Deadly Sins: Envy

Personal Perspective: I am Maggie, and I am envious. Envy is not only the least glamorous of the sins, but it might be the most pervasive. The good news: There is a way out.

Personal Perspective: I am Maggie, and I am envious. Envy is not only the least glamorous of the sins, but it might be the most pervasive. The good news: There is a way out.

Humanity's Real Problem: Accelerating Evolutionary Mismatch

What is going wrong with our world? Why are we suffering so much at individual and societal levels? We've created an alien world we didn't evolve to inhabit and are paying the price.

What is going wrong with our world? Why are we suffering so much at individual and societal levels? We've created an alien world we didn't evolve to inhabit and are paying the price.

Big Purpose and Little Pleasures

What if your purpose in life isn’t a big, bold calling, but a quiet moment you look forward to each day?

What if your purpose in life isn’t a big, bold calling, but a quiet moment you look forward to each day?

The Parable of Three Brothers

Are you racing to the finish line, wandering without direction, or savoring the journey? The path you choose shapes your purpose, joy, and fulfillment. Which brother are you?

Are you racing to the finish line, wandering without direction, or savoring the journey? The path you choose shapes your purpose, joy, and fulfillment. Which brother are you?

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