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They weren't trying to annoy me, but they were doing a fantastic job.
I was at Village Inn with my two closest grad school friends, talking about my thesis proposal. I was studying the links between happiness, optimism, and social anxiety in teenagers. After I walked them through my research...
I am fascinated by people who seem to beat the odds. The ones who play life by their own rules, tackle big hairy audacious goals, the kind of people who are truly, fully living.
It's easy to look at them and think, "I could never do that." We chalk their success or good fortune up to luck or...
I'm fresh off the yoga mat, after an invigorating flow class that left me feeling sweaty, limber, strong, and centered. All of the things I love about this practice.
I've been practicing yoga, with more and less consistency depending on the phase of life, since I was 14, thanks to a mom who...
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You come up with an idea - something you want to start or stop doing, a change you want to make, or some project you want to take on. You're gung ho. Motivation level 10...and then an 8, and then a 4. Your motivation wanes, and you don't reach that point you were...
I took some time off last month to do some traveling with my dear friend Natalie.
Living by Different Rules
Natalie lives a different lifestyle than most people I know. When we met 16 years ago, she was doing the house in the suburbs, corporate 9-5 thing. Now she spends half the year...
My job as a clinical psychologist comes with many perks - good coping skills, setting my own hours, witnessing others transform and blossom - but one of the true luxuries is that I get to hear the real deal inside scoop. People share with me the pain points they hide from everyone...
Guess what...
I learned how to drive a motorcycle this week!
This is a big deal.
A really big deal.
Because I'm legally blind. I haven't been able to drive anything in years because of my visual impairment.
So, you see, driving a motorcycle is a huge deal for me because it meant doing the...
It can feel really frustrating or defeating to fail to reach your goals. Sadly, this is something we’ve all run into at one point or another. Behavior change is hard…especially if you don’t have the right skills and know how. Fortunately, there are some strategies you can use...
Is it better to set a goal to achieve something or to avoid something? Exactly how detrimental is it to have people around you who don't support your goals? Are big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG) better to set, or are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals...
Everyone says that growth and success happen outside of your comfort zone, but scientifically speaking, what exactly is your ‘comfort zone?’ Turns out, the better of an understanding you have of how your comfort zone cognitively forms and how it influences your day-to-day...
We’ve probably all had the experience of wanting to make a change, try something new, do something bold, or attempt something uncertain...only to have our mind kick in and talk us out of it.
Self-doubt, the inner critic, anxiety, and judgement are killers of progress because they...
We made it. Election night....uh.....week is over in the U.S. As so many people have noted, we have a lot of work ahead of us. The U.S. is extremely divided and polarized. Bringing people together is of utmost importance for us to move forward.
Today, I want to share a...