Woman & Home

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It’s just one little syllable; only two letters. A word we learn to express before we can even speak. Yet, by adulthood, many of us are tongue-tied when it comes to saying ‘No’. We baulk at the idea of letting someone down, accept an invitation we do

PLAY

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Eight years have passed since the last true mainline Ratchet & Clank, but Rift Apart starts as it means to go on with instant dimensional jumps and bigger, badder, goofier weaponry than ever before. “You can look forward to some new developments that

Nautilus

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It is a good question, but I was a little surprised to see it as the title of a research paper in a medical journal: “How Happy Is Too Happy?” Yet there it was in a publication from 2012. The article was written by two Germans and an American, and th

Marie Claire Australia

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Conflict is part and parcel of any workplace, and while most of us do everything in our power to avoid it, learning how to quickly and painlessly resolve problems is the only way to prevent bigger ones later on. Here are my top tips for dealing with

Simply Woman & Home

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You don’t have to be superhuman to stick to your resolutions, says psychologist Dr Sean Young. ‘You don’t even have to become like someone else. You just need to use the right process.’ Try his foolproof strategies. + FIND YOUR TRIBE There really is

Future Music

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There’s no doubt that some of us are better at finishing projects than others. You might be one of the lucky ones who finds it easy to kick off a new musical endeavour and smoothly see it through to completion without any hiccups. For many of us thou

ImagineFX

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Author Various Publisher 3dtotal Publishing Price £30/$39 Web www.3dtotal.com Available Now Mastery of an artistic endeavour takes time, patience and practice. With this title, 3dtotal Publishing aim to help you gain this mastery, with a deep underst

Log and Timber Home Living

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For fans of log and timber homes, the mood-boosting properties of nature come as no surprise. But for skeptics, science backs it up. According to the American Psychological Association, “Spending time in nature is linked to both cognitive benefits an

Sailing Today

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Ben McGrane has numerous world and national titles to his name – from International 14s to Merlin Rockets to Mirrors – and has sailed just about every class in between; he’s also one design manager for Hyde Sails. Here he shares his highlights and a

Womankind

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Harvard academics Jennifer Drake and Ellen Winner recruited 80 undergraduate students and sat them in front of a traumatic movie involving torture and murder. Later, the undergraduates were handed a set of colouring pencils and a white sheet of paper

Psychologies

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Just as there are seasons in nature, we can think about our life in terms of different seasons. We can do this in relation to our entire life, from the early decades of spring to the middle years (summer bloom through to autumn) and the later stages

Psychologies

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‘After spending more than a decade at the successful company I had created, SkimLinks, I was looking for a new challenge,’ says Navarro. ‘So I went travelling, learned new skills, and discovered that every time that I was doing something really novel

The Team Roping Journal

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One of the toughest aspects of roping at all levels is dealing with the roller-coaster ride of highs and lows that go with the territory when you team rope. I’ve roped competitively for so long that I’ve learned some survival strategies and skills th

MiniMag

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Larger than life! We have all met or know someone who is just that – larger than life! Someone who leaves a mark on the people they meet and become embedded in the timeline of your life. There isn’t an exact attribute that makes someone larger than l

Psychologies

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1 The Power Of Fun by Catherine Price (Bantam Press, £14.99) explores the health and happiness benefits of prioritising playfulness, along with strategies to get you started. 2 Feeling Myself by Natalie Lee (Vermilion, £16.99) is a raw look at the

Harper's Bazaar India

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An early interest in war films and flying machines captured veteran artists R.M. Palaniappan’s imagination in the 1970s, helping him appreciate different perceptions of the world, through documentation. A subsequent visit to Germany’s parliament in 1

Woman NZ

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Being bilingual doesn’t just give you two sets of language to play with, it also provides an interface where you can see how your two languages are similar or different from each other when it comes to expressions and concepts I noticed this when thi

New Idea

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• Start your day with a clear focus. • Have a dynamic, prioritised task list. • Outsource and delegate what you can to free up your time. • Make intentional compromises when needed. • Minimise interruptions and distractions. • Ask: is it essenti

Tatler Homes Singapore

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Having worked at several notable architecture firms in the past, Catherine Mendoza’s extensive years of experience allows her to consider both the current and future requirements of a space while maximising its functions through innovative planning,

Her World Singapore

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Make two lists: “push” factors that exist in your current job or company, and “pull” factors, which are external factors influencing your decision to quit. Go over the factors, discuss them with your friends and family, and resign only when you can h

3D World

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When I was a lighting and compositing artist I found my best results were when I spent time making a really nice key still image. It was much easier to render one frame and comp it, then get it approved by the leads and directors, than it was to rend

Harper's Bazaar India

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Even though the pandemic hit pause on everything, it nudged me in a wonderful, new direction. The last year had, in many ways, forced us to pause and reflect on our choices, and be more mindful of our surroundings. For quite some time now, I’ve had t

Mindful

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When John Teasdale, Mark Williams, and I were developing MBCT, we designed the Three-Minute Breathing Space as a practice for approaching experience from two attentional lenses, both narrow and wide. We wanted to create a sort of choreography of awar

Futurity

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This unusual—and painful—holiday season may fade from our collective memory, say researchers. That’s actually the best case scenario, they explain. “…we think collective memory for the pandemic itself is likely to fade quickly for most people.” Henry

New American Paintings

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Brooklyn, NY www.tmdaddezio.com / @theresadaddezio 2018 Carbonara Sunrise, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY 2020 Zip City, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA Luminous: Painting in the Interface, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2

Girlfriend Australia

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What qualities make a good intern? As classic as this may sound, being a good intern means being prepared to put in the work. I always say this, and it’s because it’s true: you have to work for the job you want, not the job you have. As an intern you

220 Triathlon

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Imagery is an awesome technique for developing your ideal racing mindset, as it can help prime your responses to race situations. When you have a quiet moment, try imagining yourself competing in your next race. Try to visualise the senses associated

The Global Filipino Magazine

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Filipino Institute Dubai has concluded the culminating activity for its first Learning Camp batch on August 5 at its campus in Al Rigga. Some 10 students have successfully finished the learning camp which has kicked off in July. The camp offered more

Film Comment

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Director: Qiu Sheng Country/Distributor: China/Taiwan, Cinema Guild Opening: April 5 In Qiu Sheng’s tale of urbanization in western China, governmental mechanisms behave like cosmic forces of nature. While a group of surveyors investigates complaints

UNCUT

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“MAYBE it’s a representation of how I feel as a musician now with some eyes on me, my own eyes and others. Constantly looking at myself, my face, my soul, can get super freaky, but it’s also fascinating in its own right and informs the music in consc