♠ Stuck and disappointed? Affirmations for surrender and trust can help get you through. Have you thought about your thoughts lately? Chances are your thoughts have a mind of their own, and it’s often why we feel so frustrated, stressed, or stuck. Retraining your brain to focus on the...
Read MoreIf you know there’ll be at least one toxic relative to face this holiday season, here's how to protect yourself and navigate your way forward as sanely and serenely as possible. The holiday season can sometimes be more about survival than celebration, especially when it involves...
Read MorePhoto by Josh Riemer on Unsplash ♣ ♠ This evening at dinner two wonderful things happened. First, my wife was displaying vulnerableness to our children when apologizing for not being thankful lately. Secondly, my eldest son shared some wisdom with us that had a profound impact on me. ↓ I have a strong...
Read More♣ The holidays can extinguish the brightest light. Here's how to keep yours burning. What is it about the holiday season that sets us off? Maybe it's because stores start trying to sell us on Christmas even before Halloween has even arrived, or maybe it's the way...
Read More↓ These tools will help you keep your cool through the chaos of the holidays. The holidays can be exciting times, full of celebration, love, and joy. But they can also bring stress and anxiety to the surface—even if you love spending time with your family, the holidays...
Read MorePassover came and went this year and I not only observed the holiday but barely noticed its existence. ↓ Saying this feels cold, considering how many friends and relatives of mine are very sick right now and/or—it hurts to write this — have recently died. Of all...
Read More◊ Throughout our lives, we run so fast in achieving a better life that we forget to think what actually counts. I have seen a lot of obese people who are rich and have no control over their eating habits. They seem extremely depressed about it....
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Even Einstein was unexceptional in his youth. Now a new book questions our fixation with IQ and says adults can help almost any child become gifted When Maryam Mirzakhani died at the tragically early age of 40 this month, the news stories talked of her as...
Read MoreLike it or not sometimes, you are the role model for your kids. They will eat like you, talk like you, and do just about everything else like you – until they’re teenagers when they’ll want to do exactly the opposite! With that in mind,...
Read MoreCrucial Practice: The Mindful Diaper Change Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and the co-director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Group at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Becoming a mom led her to do research that shows that mindfulness practices can reduce...
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