Recent research explores how viewing baby animal pictures helps you be focused and productive. Far from a fluff piece (ha), studies like this one are on the cutting edge of research into how positive emotions can help you thrive.
Read MoreSaying goodbye to people you like is an inevitable part of life. Your job when you do it is to meet that physical ending with acceptance, and bring awareness to the legacy of the other that endures within you. And then to keep your heart open and soft.
Read MoreWhen the innate human drive for connection is filtered through social media, some interesting results emerge. Some research reinforces what we know about our social needs, and some may change the way you use social media.
Read MoreMy series on effective and healthy goal achievement has stretched over six months, so you're forgiven if you've missed a few. Here are the high points.
Read MoreEver experienced an emotional boost when you encountered a friend with a big smile on her face? If so, it isn’t your imagination; humans are hardwired for attunement with one another. Here's the science of it.
Read MoreHave you ever completely abandoned your goal after one slip-up? You might throw in the towel because you're applying the wrong goal-setting strategy.
Read MoreConnection with others is an important evolutionary need of ours. Obtaining fulfillment from it isn't only about receiving, though. Meeting others' needs satisfies one of your own.
Read MoreHow concrete or abstract your goals are, and how you link them together, can have a big impact on your mood and overall well-being and, by extension, on your performance.
Read MoreNeurobiological research supports longstanding theories about the importance of attunement with others, especially in early life. A recent study hints that it may keep dementia at bay, too.
Read MoreEver been willing and ready to pull the trigger on something, and then didn't? Ambivalence can show up in subtle ways and brief moments. Here's what to do about it.
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