Feeling Meh? 10 Science-Based Tips for Getting Your Mojo Back!

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Feeling Meh? 10 Science-Based Tips for Getting Your Mojo Back!

You thought you’d be so excited about getting back out there—going back to work at the office, seeing friends in person again, going to bars and parties—but the truth is, you just really couldn’t care less. After all this time, now’s your chance and you have zero motivation. What’s going on???

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Have You Got the Time?

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Have You Got the Time?

Now that things are opening up and going “back to normal”, the rhythm of our lives is changing again. This gives us a chance to re-evaluate how we want to spend our time. Doing a time audit can help you figure out how to spend your time in a way that expresses your own personal values.

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Are You Anxious About Getting Back to “Normal”

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Are You Anxious About Getting Back to “Normal”

Hip hip hooray! We can begin to go back to normal life again! Except… now that the long-awaited moment is nigh, people are apprehensive about returning to some of the activities they engaged in pre-covid. How can this be true? After over a year of severely restricting our interactions with others, why are so many people worried about what the future holds?

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Why Won't They Commit to Being in a Relationship?

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Why Won't They Commit to Being in a Relationship?

Lately I have been hearing a lot about “relationships that aren’t relationships”. In other words, you spend all your time together, and are physically and emotionally intimate, but the other person says “We are not in a relationship!”

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Home for the Holidays - 3 Stress-Management Tips to Make Your Holidays More Merry!

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Home for the Holidays - 3 Stress-Management Tips to Make Your Holidays More Merry!

Going home for the holidays this year is more complicated than ever. Here are 3 things you can do to find some new positives about your family visits.

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The Best Way to Make New Year’s Resolutions For 2021

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The Best Way to Make New Year’s Resolutions For 2021

We believed things would be over soon, we believed our leaders would protect us, we believed it wouldn’t happen to us, we believed things would be “normal” by now. We were wrong.

Things were forever changed.

Now there is a new year ahead, vaccines that bring us hope, and the possibility of a new beginning in 2021— a “new normal”. Here is a 3-step-plan for crafting New Year’s Resolutions that really work!

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3 Ways to Be Resilient in the Middle of a Global Pandemic

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3 Ways to Be Resilient in the Middle of a Global Pandemic

Sometimes wisdom comes from the most unexpected places. Here I talk about how what Blair Braverman learned from driving sled dogs in the frozen Alaskan wilderness can teach us to be more resilient right here in California!

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Why We Feel Depressed and Confused This Holiday Season

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Why We Feel Depressed and Confused This Holiday Season

Every year the holidays bring us a complicated soup of emotions—joy, but also trepidation. Happiness, but also stress. We look forward to it, and we dread it.

This year it’s worse.

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Looking Back at 2020: 8 Things I Learned About Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Looking Back at 2020: 8 Things I Learned About Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Now, as we are all thinking about the promise of a new year, it’s a great time to think about what we have learned during this year of global pandemic, and what changes we would like to take with us into the “new normal”.

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Surviving the Holidays During Covid— Part 2

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Does heading home for the Holidays Give You the Heebie-Jeebies? Are you still recovering from Thanksgiving? Spending time with your family doesn’t have to drive you nuts! A little planning beforehand can make all the difference!

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How to Survive the Holidays During COVID - Part 1

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How to Survive the Holidays During COVID - Part 1

The Holidays are even more stressful and complicated than usual this year thanks to covid-19. Here are three things you can do to maximize the good parts and minimize the challenges of this holiday season so you can actually enjoy yourself with your family this year!

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Does Your Family Drive You Crazy? Next Time Try This.

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Does Your Family Drive You Crazy? Next Time Try This.

Going home is always complicated. Being with your family of origin is going to bring up all kinds of old feelings and behaviors; it’s practically inevitable. You can, however, use this as a chance to learn something about your younger self, and to understand more about why you are the way you are.

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Do You Have Relationship ADHD?

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Do you and your partner argue over how much time one of you spends on the phone or computer? Here are two changes you can make to improve your time together and still get the downtime you need.

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20 Creative Ways to Beat Insomnia

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20 Creative Ways to Beat Insomnia

Are you up late worrying about coronavirus, racism, job security, political instability, or why you are even still awake? Here are 20 creative and reliable ways to help you get a good night’s sleep.

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How To Be an Anti-Racist: A 3-Step Plan.

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How To Be an Anti-Racist: A 3-Step Plan.

You can’t be a privileged white person and not screw up. You can’t. You were raised in a culture where racism is so pervasive that no matter how hard you try, you will undoubtedly say something that comes across as thoughtless or even cruel. Here is a 3-step plan to help you find your own way as an antiracist ally.

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How to Stop Wasting Time on Social Media When You Are Sheltering in Place…

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How to Stop Wasting Time on Social Media When You Are Sheltering in Place…

It wasn’t your plan to spend ALL afternoon, or day, scrolling through social media, but it keeps happening anyway. Here are 5 strategies to help you spend your time doing things that are important to you, rather than wasting time on social media.

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