psychology
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How Stress-Resilient Is Your Relationship?
If you’ve ever been broken up with, you might have heard the explanation, “I’ve just got so much going on right now.” It might have been followed with “It’s just not a good time for me,” or the clichéd “It’s not you, it’s me.” Balancing life demands can be complicated — friendships, health, finances, and…
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Are You Stuck in a ‘Mood Tunnel’?
I’m a fairly big fan of daily meditation sessions. While I’m certainly not consistent in my practice, I do notice just how much lighter I feel after even just 10 minutes of meditation. And fairly often, I find my mind is blown by some little learning I take away from the experience, too. That was…
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Why We Actually Need More Mindless Activities
Staying focused in a world of nonstop work emails and social media notifications is a never-ending challenge. As much as we talk about the importance (and difficulty) of sustained, deep focus, there are other types of attention, all of which have their usefulness. There’s the creativity that springs from boredom; the comfort of engaging in…
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Five of the Best Ways to Increase Your Stress Resilience
You might fantasise about living a stress-free life, the reality is that stress is as inescapable as the need to eat and drink. Rather than avoiding it altogether, the focus should be on finding ways of managing it.