Achieve Your Goals by Changing Habits
The human brain tends to overvalue immediate rewards and undervalue future benefits.
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Addressing LGBTQ+ Bullying in the Workplace
It is important to acknowledge the ongoing struggles of people who identify as LGBTQ+ in everyone's communities.
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After a Disaster: Tips for Healthy Adult Relationships
After a disaster, you may have a wide range of questions. While these questions can cause strong emotions and a sense of uncertainty, you must continue to take care of yourself and maintain healthy relationships with those around you.
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After a Disaster: Tips for Youth
After a disaster, you may feel afraid, frustrated, irritated, or angry. No matter how you feel, never take these feelings out on others by hitting, shoving, or pushing someone, or using a weapon.
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Anger Management
Anger is a normal human emotion that can bring about good as well as bad results.
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Anger: Events, Cues, and Control
In this article, you will learn how to analyze an episode of anger.
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Be a Thriver!
Why do some people excel and soar in the face of adversity and troubles? No matter what, they continue to thrive.
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Becoming a Stepparent
Unfortunately, stepparenthood can be a tremendously difficult transitional period.
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Behavioral Health and LGBT Youth
Behavioral health is an umbrella term that includes issues and services related to both mental health and substance use. This article synthesizes information relevant to these two areas.
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Being Happy
It's great to feel good! Did you know there are lots of ways you can help yourself feel happy? Check out some tips for feeling good about yourself and your life.
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Benefits of Generosity
It gives to give. Research has shown that there is much more to be gained than there is to be lost from acts of generosity.
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Boost Your Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
Do you want to feel better about yourself? You can learn how to build self-esteem and raise your self-confidence. Try these tips.
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Bouncing Back: Resiliency
Life is full of ups and downs; everyone faces daily struggles and conflicts. Resiliency is the ability to bounce back.
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Break the Rumination Cycle
The opportunities for rumination are endless. Fortunately, there are ways to break the rumination cycle.
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Building Connections with Others
When you connect with others, you nurture your emotional and physical wellbeing.
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Building Mental Toughness
These tips are from the Navy SEALs: They practice mental fitness so that they are ready to face whatever comes their way.
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Building Psychological Toughness
Using mental training strategies to build psychological toughness is critical to strengthening physical fitness and maintaining individual readiness.
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Building Self-Esteem in Children Through Effective Praise
Your interactions with a child may help to foster their personal growth and a sense of self.
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Building Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide (Part 1)
Most people feel bad about themselves from time to time. This is normal. However, low self-esteem is a constant companion for too many people.
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Building Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide (Part 2)
Most people feel bad about themselves from time to time. This is normal. However, low self-esteem is a constant companion for too many people.
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Building Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide (Part 3)
Most people feel bad about themselves from time to time. This is normal. However, low self-esteem is a constant companion for too many people.
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Bullying of LGBT Youth and Those Perceived as LGBT
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children. It involves a real or perceived power imbalance.
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Canceled by COVID-19: Managing Disappointment
In addition to fear and anxiety, COVID-19 is causing many to struggle with feelings of disappointment.
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Care and Connection
Human beings are social creatures. Feeling like you're part of a community helps you thrive.
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Careers for People Who Are Creative
If you think creativity is only for artists, think again.
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Caring for Your Mental Health
Mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.
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Change Your Life with SMART Goals!
Wanting something is one thing, but as millions of broken New Year's resolutions show every year, setting a goal is much easier than meeting that goal.
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Change Your Mindset and Grow
A fixed mindset is the belief that your intelligence, abilities, and other qualities are set.
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Changing Family Roles
Family responsibilities often change when a family member is disabled.
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Changing Negative Thoughts About Yourself to Positive Ones
You may be giving yourself negative messages about yourself. Many people do. These are messages that you learned when you were young.
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Coming Out
Coming out is the process of accepting yourself as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) person and then sharing that sexual orientation or gender identity with others.
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Coming Out at Work
Coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) at work carries the potential of tremendous benefits, but also the chance of difficulty.
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Connect with Yourself
It's really important to connect with yourself—to take some "me time."
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COVID-19: Coping with Stress
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on everyone's lives.
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Dealing with Change
Often, it is the uncertainty of not knowing that causes the most stress during periods of change.
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Dealing with Difficult Emotions
Happiness and joy are wonderful emotions—but they aren't the only ones.
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Dealing with Panic Attacks
A panic attack is a sudden and intense fear response when there's no real danger and often when there's no apparent cause.
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Deciding to Quit Drinking
Talk with your health care provider about your drinking. Your health care provider can help you find the best treatment.
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Doomscrolling: What It Is and How to Break the Habit
With news and opinion always at your fingertips on your smartphone and computer, do you ever find yourself overdoing your media intake to the point where you feel anxious and unhappy?
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Eco Anxiety: Everyday Strategies to Cope
This article offers everyday strategies for adults and children to cope with eco anxiety.
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Eight Steps to Finding Happiness
Happiness is a choice. Unhappiness is a habit, and you can make the choice to break that habit.
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Emotional Wellness Toolkit
How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health.
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Feeling Good: It's All About Energy
Be an advocate for your health by being proactive with your potential and kinetic energy. Make your inputs equal to your outputs.
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Fighting Stress? Ask the Coach
Many people lead very busy lives. Finding healthy ways to reduce stress can make you feel more in control of your reactions when faced with tense situations.
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Finding Happiness in the Midst of a Pandemic
In the current environment of doom, gloom, and uncertainty, does happiness stand a chance?
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Form Social Connections After Disaster
Having healthy connections with family, friends, and others is very helpful for people recovering after a disaster.
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Friendships and Social Connections (Part 1): Benefits
Friendships are the social connections that enrich your life with conversation, comfort, laughter, support, and encouragement.
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Friendships and Social Connections (Part 2): Making and Maintaining
Not all relationships are supportive, and not all friendships are healthy.
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Get Past Your Exercise Roadblocks
You most likely will face roadblocks that keep you from meeting your physical activity goals.
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Getting Organized
How many hours have you wasted looking for something you had previously misplaced, misfiled or put down without thinking?
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Getting the Respect You Deserve
Respect—high regard, esteem, or honor—isn't reserved for the brave and famous. Everyone needs respect.
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Goal Setting
Goals are the path people want to travel in life, and goal setting is the road map to take you there. Goals fuel dreams and move people toward success.
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Goal Setting for Personal and Professional Excellence (Part 1)
Science has shown that goal setting is the most effective performance-enhancing strategy available.
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Goal Setting for Personal and Professional Excellence (Part 2)
One of the most important strategies for setting effective goals is to choose goals that are personally relevant and meaningful.
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Goal Setting for Personal and Professional Excellence (Part 3)
Once you have figured out your priorities, you will need to figure out what needs to be accomplished daily and weekly.
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Goal Setting for Personal and Professional Excellence (Part 4)
Sacrifice, discomfort, and setbacks are a part of the process. Do not let them erode your confidence and motivation!
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Goal-Setting Worksheet
Fill out the goal-setting worksheet below. Your success depends on setting goals that really matter to you.
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Good Mental Health
Good mental health means you're able to cope with daily stresses and accomplish personal goals.
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Good Mental Health at Every Age
Each stage of your life can create different challenges to good mental health.
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Got Resiliency?
Have a very positive view of yourself! This approach can be helpful, adaptive, and promote wellbeing.
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Grounding Techniques to Help Control Anxiety
When faced with a stressful or dangerous situation, the mind and body react naturally by shifting into a heightened state of readiness.
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Hobbies Can Improve Your Life
Many people view hobbies as frivolous relics of the past, but that's a mistake. The busiest people have the most to gain from a hobby.
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How to Be Happy
Behavioral scientists have done a lot of research into what makes people happy and what doesn't.
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How to Find a Hobby
Having a hobby or engaging in a leisure activity you enjoy can improve your life.
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How to Get Organized
Are you organized? If not, learn how to plan it! Get the resources, and then commit to doing it. It is important to get organized at home and in the workplace.
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How to Make an Exercise Plan
Some people can plunge into a new project without planning ahead. Others find that writing a plan is helpful and keeps them on track.
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How to Relax: The Mind-Body Connection
The concept of the mind and body as separate spheres is breaking down in the face of research, showing the powerful connections between them.
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How to Set Meaningful Goals
One important aspect of setting goals is the idea of setting those that are meaningful to you.
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Humor and Laughter Strengthens Relationships
Humor and laughter work to reduce stress, ease pain, and lift your mood.
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Keeping Holiday Stress at Bay
Some people look forward to the holidays all year, while others see the holiday season approaching and are overcome by a sense of dread.
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Languishing: Pandemic "Brain Fog"
After a year of hypervigilance, isolation, stress, and loss, many people have emotions and feelings they have trouble naming.
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Learn to Disconnect
Continuously being connected without a break can cause anxiety and may inhibit deep thought.
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Learn to Manage Stress
Everyone feels stress at one time or another. It's a normal and healthy reaction to change or a challenge.
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Learning to Relax
Relaxation provides a way for you to reduce some of the tensions developed as a result of stress—which in turn helps you to function more efficiently.
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LGBT Youth and Bullying
It is important to build a safe environment for all youth, whether they are straight or LGBT. All youth can thrive when they feel supported.
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LGBTQ+-Inclusive Language
Language can help bring understanding, and understanding can help bring compassion and connection, leading to more respectful and inclusive communities and workplaces.
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Make Time for Hobbies and Leisure Activities
Here are some ideas for making room in your life for an enjoyable hobby.
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Making Good Choices
Coping positively with difficult situations and life's ups and downs has been found to reduce distress and improve psychological health.
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Making Time for Yourself
Making time for yourself is probably the last thing on your list, and probably one that you rarely ever get to.
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Manage Stress and Build Resilience
It's hard to avoid stress. Work, money, current events, and the hassles of everyday life are just a few of the things that can cause stress.
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Managing Anxiety
Almost everyone experiences anxiety at times. It's a natural response to stressful situations.
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Managing Anxiety in Times of National or International Tension
Political conflict and change are normal features of life, but in times of heightened tension and polarization—within a country or between countries—they can cause widespread anxiety.
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Managing Anxious Thoughts in Uncertain Times
As many people begin to rebuild their savings after financial setbacks of the past year, they may be disappointed about goals that have been put on hold.
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Managing Political Anxiety
Political conflict and change are normal features of life, but in times of heightened tension and polarization, they can cause widespread anxiety.
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Meditation for Pain
Find a comfortable position in which your head, neck, and back are supported. You may lie down, or sit cross-legged on the floor or upright in a chair.
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Mindful Driving
Here are a few suggestions for practicing meditation and mindfulness as it relates to driving.
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Mindfulness Apps and Resources
The following mindfulness and mediation apps can help you progress (and track your progress) doing mediations, guided breathing, and other mindfulness practices.
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Mindfulness for Your Health
Paying attention to what's going on right this second can be hard.
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Mindfulness Matters
Mindfulness is an ancient practice about being completely aware of what's happening in the present.
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Mindfulness Practice in the Treatment of Traumatic Stress
Learn how mindfulness might help you cope with stress or difficult emotions.
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Mindfulness: Breath and Body Scan
At your desk, sit in a relaxed but upright position that you feel you can comfortably maintain for about three minutes.
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New Year's Resolutions for Mental Health
When thinking about a New Year's resolution, it is helpful to choose an objective that can be successfully reached.
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Nurture Your Resilience
Everyone goes through tough times in life, but many things can help you survive—and even thrive—during stressful periods.
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Parents' Influence on Their LGB Teen's Health
The teen years can be a challenging time for young people and their parents. This article provides information on how parents can promote positive health outcomes for their lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) teen.
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Pay It Forward with Kindness and Generosity
The practices of kindness and generosity are at the core of the world's religious faiths. They're also key to personal wellbeing.
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Personal Goal Setting Worksheet
Goals should be clearly stated and describe what you intend to accomplish. Use this worksheet to establish a goal.
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Pillars of Resilience
Resilience is the ability to function really well in the face of adversity.
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Planning in Times of Uncertainty
Even the best of plans are subject to change when the world around you changes.
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Positive Emotions and Your Health
A growing body of research suggests that having a positive outlook can benefit your physical health.
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Practicing Gratitude
Studies suggest that making a habit of noticing what's going well in your life could have health benefits.
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Practicing Mindful Communication
Mindful communication happens when you are truly present in the moment. It involves entering a conversation with curiosity, kindness, and compassion.
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Preparing for Summer Break: Tips to Recharge Your Mind
Here are five tips to help you enjoy the summer months by recharging your mind, lifting your spirits, and bringing balance into your life.
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Promoting Resilience
Resilience involves the modification of a person's response to a potentially risky situation.
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Pronouns for Respect and Inclusion
The problem with using gender-associated pronouns comes when you make wrong assumptions about the gender or gender identity of another person.
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Psychological Fitness
Psychological fitness is the ability to integrate and improve cognitive, emotional, and behavioral practices.
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Relaxation Techniques for Stress
When you sense danger, your body quickly raises its heart rate and focuses your attention. Stress is crucial to survival.
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Resilience
Resilience refers to the ability of an individual, family, organization, or community to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges or change.
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Resiliency Skills
You are not born with resiliency. You develop resiliency strengths gradually as your competencies increase.
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Resources for Parents of Transgender Youth
This page contains a list of resource links for parents of transgender youth.
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Self-Care Strategies for Today's Busy Employees
Everyone has a fundamental right to practice self-care for many different reasons.
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Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
You may have heard a lot about self-esteem and self-confidence, but what exactly are they, and how do you get them? Keep reading to learn more.
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Setting and Achieving Goals
As a leader, you know how important it is to have a vision for the future.
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Shake It Off: Boosting Your Mood
Have you ever had a bad mood you just couldn't shake? Everyone feels grouchy or irritable some days, but a bad mood or major mood swings that go on too long may signal a bigger problem.
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Six Meditation Apps to Help You Remain Calm
In this current situation, it is important to try to stay calm.
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Six Ways to Extend That Summer Holiday Feeling
Summer can feel short-lived. Here are six ways to extend the exciting feeling of summer all year round.
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Social Wellness Toolkit
From the time you're born, your relationships help you learn to navigate the world. You learn how to interact with others.
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Start Your Day with Intention
Intentions are different from task goals. An intention is something you want to be, not something you want to achieve.
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STOP: A Mindfulness Exercise
This practice is about creating space to reconnect with your natural resilience and wisdom.
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Stress and the Relaxation Response
Stress is a physical and emotional reaction that people experience as they encounter challenges in life.
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Stress and Your Body
Today, it's common knowledge that what happens mentally and emotionally has a significant effect on the physical, and vice versa.
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Stress Management Primer
Of course, it's impossible to eliminate stress from your life completely, but you can find better ways to deal with it.
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Stress Resistance
Some individuals seem to be stress resistant and stress tough. They appear to be balanced, happy, creative, resourceful, and strong.
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Techniques to Relieve Anxiety and Stress
As important as it is to be engaged and productive when you're working on a project at work or home, it is equally valuable to be able to unplug and relax.
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The Mental Health Benefits of Staying Organized
Have you ever heard that decluttering your stuff can help reduce stress and improve your mental wellbeing? Yes!
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The Power of Gratitude
Taking the time to feel gratitude can have powerful and positive emotional benefits. It can even help your physical health, as shown in an ever-growing body of research.
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The Power of Meditation
Meditation has a long history as a practice in spiritual and religious traditions. More recently, it has become popular as a way to reduce stress.
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The Power of Positive Reframing
When you look at an event or a person through a negative frame, you're setting yourself up for stress and unhappiness.
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The Science of Goal Setting
"A goal casually set and lightly taken will be freely abandoned at the first obstacle."—Zig Ziglar
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Time Management Grid
In this grid, there are four quadrants organized by urgency and importance.
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Top 10 Mental Health Benefits of Exercise
Exercise increases concentrations of norepinephrine, which moderates the brain's response to stress.
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Toxic Positivity
Well-meaning messages of positivity may seem like they're helping to lift another person's spirits, but they can do just the opposite.
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Transgender Children and Youth: Understanding the Basics
Gender identity and expression are central to the way people see themselves and engage in the world around them.
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Turn Your Resolutions Into Real Solutions
Instead of a diet overhaul, make small changes to what you eat and drink that will work for you now and in the future.
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Understanding and Dealing with Racial Trauma
Racial trauma is the cumulative traumatic effect of repeated experiences of racism and discrimination, including exposure to media coverage of acts of racism and race-based violence.
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Understanding Bias
Bias is generally described as the tendency to favor a thing, person, or group, compared with another, usually in a way that is thought to be unfair.
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Understanding Stress and Building Resilience
People experience stress as they adjust to a continually changing environment. Stress has physical and emotional effects.
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Unplugging from Social Media to Recharge Your Battery
With over six billion people worldwide currently using smartphones, social media has an almost universal reach.
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Using Laughter to Reduce Stress
When you laugh, your body relaxes, releasing the same endorphins that give you a calming glow after exercise.
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Visualization Practice Exercise
Take the next few moments for yourself. Use this time to relax and recover from the busyness of your day.
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Weekly Exercise and Physical Activity Plan
Use the chart below to make your own exercise and physical activity plan—one you think you really can manage.
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What Can You Do To Protect Your Brain?
While the thought of diminished brain health is frightening, there is something you can do about it!
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What Individuals in Recovery Need to Know About Wellness
For individuals with behavioral health conditions, embracing wellness can improve quality and years of life.
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What Is Mental Health?
Mental health includes your emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how you think, feel, and act.
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What Is Resilience?
Resilience refers to the ability to successfully adapt to stressors, maintaining psychological wellbeing in the face of adversity.
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Why Time Management?
When asked to identify things that stress them, adults almost always list time as one of the top three.
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Winning Mind Games Counts in Business as Well as Sports
Increasingly, people intent on winning in the workplace are acknowledging the importance of the mind game.
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