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7 Lies Keeping You from Happiness

Happiness. A simple word that, ironically, can foster a lot of questions and a lot of anxiety. What is happiness? Why am I not happy? Am I happy enough? Is this what happiness feels like? Why does so-and-so look happier … Continue reading

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Small Actions Have the Biggest Impact, and It All Starts with You

It’s easy to get caught up in our own mindset and personal place, which means it’s easy to forget that the smallest of our actions can have a very large impact. In a world of almost 7.5 billion people (wow!), … Continue reading

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10 toxic personalities and why you should avoid them

We’ve been around all of them. People who use you. People who manipulate you. People who judge you or suck the life out of you or gossip about you (and everything else they hear). The thing is, on the surface … Continue reading

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12 Must-Read Books That Will Change Your Life

Great fiction books can take you to other worlds and take your breath away. But great non-fiction books can literally change your life. While I’m an avid fiction reader, I devour self-help books. Books on Buddhism. Meditation. Yoga. Travel and … Continue reading

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Three Simple Words Can Transform Your Life

How often are you in a situation in which someone says something you take the wrong way? It could be at work, or at home, or in the supermarket — we’ve all experienced times in which the person we’re with makes … Continue reading

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