It happens every time. You’re at a social event, and someone is trying to begin a conversation. “So,” they ask, “What do you do?” Whether or not you have a…
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Smiling. It is arguably the single most effective means of changing how you feel, how long you live and how others respond to you. Study after study supports the idea…
We live in a world where selling is queen, or king depending on your gender bias. The most important “product” we each possess is ourselves. The challenge in convincing the…
What place does myth and idealization have in a marriage or intimate relationship? Plenty, concludes a recent study in Psychological Science. The study surveyed 193 newlywed couples in there mid…
Sometimes a reality check is just what we don’t need. Consider Amelia Earhart and Victoria Beckham, two well-known, influential women. Different women in different eras, they shared more than a…
Let me start with a few questions. Are you on the right track? Is your life heading in just the direction you’d hoped, now, at this moment? If not, how…
The answer is yes, if you consider the positive implications of reading a string of compliments directed at you from this website. Click on the opening compliment and bask in…
Step 1: Find one thing to love about everyone you meet today. Step 2: Declare it out loud – even if only to yourself. Step 3: Notice how this simple…
Imagine two children on a playground. Each is picked last for kickball teams. As they walk toward their respective sides, they’re lost in secret imaginings of why they were chosen…
Learning new skills is scary. Happiness is a skill, requiring focused effort until it becomes habitual. Creating new learning strategies is central to making progress. Beginning artists reframe perception by…