You South Africa

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In a first of its kind, YOU and sister titles Huisgenoot and Drum are hosting the Your Child Conference: ADHD with the aim of helping you help your child. Several ADHD experts – a paediatrician, occupational therapist, psychologist and dietitian – wi

Dumbo Feather

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B Corporations represent an emerging group of companies that are using the power of business to create a positive impact on the world and generate a shared and durable prosperity for all. As a B Corp, Dumbo Feather is committed to redefining success

The Atlantic

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Man in the Empty Suit, by Sean Ferrell, follows a world-weary time traveler who celebrates every birthday by visiting the same spot in the far future. Once a year he gathers with scores of selves at an abandoned New York City hotel, each self from a

Country Homes & Interiors

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The pandemic certainly has a lot to answer for, financially as well as in terms of our mental and physical health, and small businesses have taken a hit. Emma herself made a slow recovery from Covid, but she was determined not to let it ruin her busi

Best Self Magazine

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Interview by Kristen Noel, July 7, 2016, Woodstock, NY Photographed by Bill Miles in Woodstock and Manhattan, NY Our present moment choices are our crystal ball. ~Nancy Levin _____________________ Watch the full interview video: Kristen: Nancy Levin

The Art of Healing

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“The real tragedy of our time lies not so much in the unprecedented external events themselves, as in the unprecedented ethical destitution and spiritual infirmity which they glaringly reveal.” ~Paul Brunton~ Our dominant worldview still prefers to

Los Angeles Times

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When given the choice, about 85% of people say they would not want to know about some negative event far in the future. Yet in recent days more than 150 million people around the globe have downloaded FaceApp, which allows users to see how they might

Best Self Magazine

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Photograph by Toa Heftiba — What does it mean to be vulnerable — to truly make that drop from your head to your heart? I recently had a conversation about a serious intimate matter with a friend, someone I adore. While I had no problem listening and

Best Self Magazine

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Photograph by Madison Bersuch — It’s hard to make any real progress on the journey of self-discovery, self-realization, self-empowerment and healing without telling the truth. We have to tell the truth to understand what’s going on with us. We have t

Psychologies

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Read Big Talk, Small Talk (And Everything In Between): Effective Communication Skills For All Parts Of Your Life by Shola Kaye (Rockridge Press, £6.54). Browse Nick Wignall, a clinical psychologist, offers 15 ways to handle confrontation with self-a

Men's Health Australia

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FOR THE PAST 18 months, I’ve listened to my patients talk about their struggles with adapting. First to locking down, then to changing how they work, forming new friendships in new ways, or starting over in a new city. One of the most useful things t

The Millions

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As a Buddhist priest, I find in Louise Glück’s American Originality words for an increasingly bewildered and besotted country—a series of meditations on poetry’s power to orient, understand, heal, celebrate, and preserve the self’s “Individual, irrep

The Atlantic

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The secular guru has preached a gospel of individual solutions to individual problems. But when it comes to sexual abuse, as to so much else: It’s not enough.

Pick Me Up

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THIS WEEK How to have a positive mindset It’s all too easy to slide down into the negative quicksand and let yourself believe that everything is not going your way. Creating a positive mindset takes work and a certain amount of determination to comba

New Philosopher

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In the last decade of his life my Canadian father-in-law became so averse to change that he would not contemplate moving a piece of furniture from one side of the room to the other. I know that elderly people can get this way – stubborn, fixed – but

Psychologies

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THERE IS ONE RESOURCE we are all given an equal amount of every day, no matter how rich or poor we may be – time. Yet how many of us know how to harness this precious commodity and make it work for us? In this Dossier, we put time under the microscop

The Art of Healing

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Our personal definitions of respect are influenced by our personality, emotions, preferences, and cultural context. Each of these elements may be difficult to define in the clearest and most objective terms. We often learn about these things over tim

Money Magazine

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• Invest time into planning your financial growth strategy. Give yourself the chance to understand your context and make a plan. Create some short-term financial goals and use the achievement of these goals as a marker for reassessing your strategy.

strategy and business

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Anybody who’s endured a tense Scrabble night with their family or been picked last for the team at school knows that “friendly” competition isn’t always fun and games. Nevertheless, in an effort to boost performance, lighten the mood, or relieve the

BBC Science Focus Magazine

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There is a wood near me that I walk or run through most days. Even on a wet winter’s day I get pleasure from being among the trees, though to be honest, when I am running, I wear headphones to distract myself from the pain in my lungs. But perhaps I

WHO

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BY LIZA KINDRED (RRP $24.99, MURDOCH BOOKS) IN A NUTSHELL: A bible of tips, exercises and ideas to bring your BPM down from freaking out to calm, with a humorous and original tone. Choose from 1 minute, 5 minute, 30 minute, 1 hour or longer practice

Men's Fitness UK

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Earlier today, faced with a looming deadline, I realised that I was cutting it too _ne for comfort. “I just don’t have enough time for everything!” I wailed in exasperation, as I typed a message to a stranger on Instagram asking her where she got her

New Idea

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Victoria Beckham has reportedly been frequenting a European facility to manage stress surrounding her struggling fashion line. After fears were raised that she was on the brink of suffering a nervous breakdown, a source says the former Spice Girl h

Psychologies

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Kindness unites people and makes all our lives better. In our series, ‘The kindness conversation’, Psychologies hopes to spread this simple concept and inspire more compassion in our immediate surroundings and the world. Leading our campaign is ou

Women's Health Australia

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It may not feel like it on those days you splash coffee on your white tee before 9am, but you are, in fact, a wellspring of life experience and knowledge. That’s why penning a letter to your younger self can be a powerful exercise. “The process of re

Futurity

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Our most enduring regrets are the ones that stem from our failure to live up to our ideal selves, according to new research. Regrets about failing to fulfill hopes, goals, and aspirations haunt people more than those about failing to fulfill duties,

Literary Hub

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Yesterday, FSG published Susan Sontag’s Debriefing, a new collection of the writer’s short fiction. I’m always excited to read more of Sontag’s work—which is convenient, because it seems there’s always more to read. Sontag, who died in 2004, was rema

Men's Fitness UK

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What coping strategies do you give your clients for breaking down intimidating, potentially painful races? “When they are doing short, faster races, I help athletes focus on themselves, their bodies and what they are feeling. However, when they get

Best Self Magazine

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— As we move more deeply into this time of global quarantine, many people are feeling out of control, frustrated, trapped and unsure about the future. We are all being faced with situations none of us have learned to navigate in our lifetimes. With a

ThinkSales

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The common notion is that anyone who is outgoing, warm, and friendly would make a good competitive sales person. We hear this all the time: “If you’re really good with people, you should be in sales!” Unfortunately, if you hire based solely on extrov