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Get Ready for the Next Chapter in Your Life
In screenplay and novel writing, the inciting incident is the event that gets the story rolling. It’s the action or decision that introduces the problem that the story’s main character ...
February 14, 2021
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COVID-19 Through the Eyes of a Child
“COVID is where you die.” So said my 3-year-old grandson, John Henry, when I asked him what he ...
February 14, 2021
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Jeff Minick
Can a Relationship Recover From Resentment?
Resentment is poisonous to a relationship.
February 14, 2021
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Nancy Colier
Growing Up in a Culture of Empty Cheers
My babysitter gave my 10-year-old daughter a scrapbook. The sparkly pink binder was filled with adorable photos of ...
February 11, 2021
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Nancy Colier
Parenting in a Pandemic: How to Develop Stronger Family Relationships During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected us. It has increased our worries and concerns about physical health. COVID-19 has ...
February 11, 2021
BY
Tina Montreuil
The Long, Slow Path to Progress
I stopped writing for nearly two years. I had intended to return to my Life and Whim blog ...
February 11, 2021
BY
Jay Harrington
How Change Affects Mindset
After the pandemic struck, change became a commonality spreading across the world like wildfire. "Change management" has been ...
February 11, 2021
BY
Scott Mann
10 Parenting Strategies to Reduce Your Kids’ Pandemic Stress
Parents are dealing with huge demands on their time and energy with many children not attending school or ...
February 8, 2021
BY
Amanda Sheffield Morris
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Jennifer Hays-Grudo
Kids With Mental Disorders Surge as Pandemic Topples Support Systems
A bag of Doritos, that’s all Princess wanted. Her mom calls her Princess, but her real name is ...
February 8, 2021
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Christine Herman
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Savor What You Dread and Avoid
Today my sons and I were standing at the edge of the pool, on a cold day, knowing ...
February 8, 2021
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Leo Babauta
The Trust Imperative
Almost anyone with an email account has heard from a Nigerian prince offering them millions to help them ...
February 4, 2021
BY
Conan Milner
Do the Thing You’ll Wish You Had Done
How many times have you looked back and regretted things you wanted to do but never did? If ...
February 4, 2021
BY
Jay Harrington
A State of Being Stateless
Every day, we are dealing with a thousand things, overrun by tasks and chores. It can become overwhelming. ...
February 4, 2021
BY
Leo Babauta
Psychologist Explains the Unhealthy Incentives Behind ‘Cancel Culture’
If there was a video documenting every second of my life, you can bet it would contain some ...
January 31, 2021
BY
Brittany Hunter
Cultivate Your Mental Health This Winter
This year more than any other we’ve been reminded that access to outdoor private space is a privilege—not all of ...
January 31, 2021
BY
Tania Wiseman
Self-Controlled Kids Tend to Be Healthier Adults
In a new study, researchers found people who had higher levels of self-control as children were aging more ...
January 31, 2021
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Karl Bates
How to Accept What We Really Don’t Want to Accept
Right now there’s something going on in my life that's very difficult. I definitely wish it wasn't part ...
January 31, 2021
BY
Nancy Colier
5 Strategies for Cultivating Hope This Year
The raging coronavirus pandemic, along with political turbulence and uncertainty, have overwhelmed many of us. From almost the ...
January 28, 2021
BY
Jacqueline S. Mattis
New Year, Old You: How to Find Yourself in 2021
Last year, I got to go to my sister-in-law’s wedding. At the reception, as people were finishing up ...
January 27, 2021
BY
Christy Wright
Ready to Try an Old Approach to a New Year’s Resolution?
Making and breaking New Year’s resolutions is a familiar and discouraging annual ritual for many people. Almost inevitably, ...
January 25, 2021
BY
Gordon Rixon
We’re All Monastics Now
My Zen teacher Susan recently told a group of her students at the end of a Zen meditation retreat, “We’re ...
January 25, 2021
BY
Leo Babauta
We Can’t Control What Happened—Only What Happens Next
We all know people like this: When something bad happens, the first thing they do is blame someone ...
January 25, 2021
BY
Jay Harrington
Kids Crave Experiences Over Things
Every January, in the winter wonderland of northern Michigan that we call home, ski season kicks into high ...
January 21, 2021
BY
Jay Harrington
‘Peer Respites’ Provide Alternative to Psychiatric Wards During Pandemic
Mia McDermott is no stranger to isolation. Abandoned as an infant in China, she lived in an orphanage ...
January 21, 2021
BY
Sarah Kwon
A New Year Is a Beautiful Fresh Start
At the beginning of every year, it’s like a blank slate: The year can be whatever you want ...
January 17, 2021
BY
Leo Babauta
When Empathy Hurts, Compassion Can Heal
Empathy can be painful. Or so suggests a growing body of neuroscientific research. When we witness suffering and distress in ...
January 17, 2021
BY
Adam Hoffman
Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness
Krissy Williams, 15, had attempted suicide before, but never with pills. The teen was diagnosed with schizophrenia when ...
January 17, 2021
BY
Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
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