Handling stress sounds like it should be so easy, doesn’t it? Just meditate. But as we all know, in real life, preventing stress is a much more complicated equation. The effects of stress aren’t just annoying in the moment. Cumulatively, chronic stress can take a real toll on your health both mentally and physically, as in changing your brain. Research shows that job …Continue Reading
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I Used a Guided Meditation App Every Day. Here’s What Happened.
Ever tried a guided meditation app? Ever wanted to make meditation a habit but struggled to do it consistently? We've been there. So we asked one of our writers to do what she had never done: Meditate every day with an app as her guide. And then tell us about it—Blair Witch Project style. (Kidding on the last part, but that would be a blog post to remember.) This is what …Continue Reading
10 Successful Women Share: My Best Morning Routine
On International Women’s Day, (which is March 8, in case you didn't know), we kicked off a month-long series celebrating women—their contributions to the science of happiness, their focus on social connections, their words, and here, their habits. Read on for stories by ten kickass women on how they start their days and get inspired to find the best morning routine for …Continue Reading
How to Get Rid of the Sunday Scaries, For Good
There is no surer sign that Monday is approaching than a case of the Sunday Scaries. What are the Sunday Scaries you ask? You know, the slow creep of stress that sets in as you start to remember your looming work week to-do list. Almost 8 in 10 adults battle these end-of-the-weekend blues, according to an international poll from Monster.com. Yup, that's most of us. So what do …Continue Reading
How to Change Habits: 23 Ways to Transform
Figuring out how to change habits is something us optimists call “challenging,” which means that it’s both super hard and super rewarding. Honest truth? Most of us can use all the help we can get. Fortunately enough, there’s a ton of insightful, kickass research out there not only about how to change habits but how to break and build them too. How to Change Habits Using 23 …Continue Reading
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