Why Can’t I Relax Even When I Finally Have Time?
Most people, when they imagine rest, imagine its absence: the absence of work, of noise, of obligation. What they do not always anticipate is…
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Why Do I Feel Worse in the Summer?
A researcher named Tali Sharot has spent much of her career studying what she calls the “optimism bias,” the human tendency to overestimate how…
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The Science of Self-Compassion: Why Being Kind to Yourself Is Not Weakness
Most of us were never taught to be kind to ourselves. We were taught to work hard, hold ourselves accountable, and do better. In…
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Why Don’t I Believe I’m Worth More? The Work of Building Self-Worth
Building Self-Worth That Actually Holds In 2009, researchers at the University of Waterloo asked participants with low self-esteem to repeat the phrase “I am…
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Why Some People Cope Better Than Others, and How to Build Resilience
What Researchers Mean by Resilience The word resilience gets used so often that it has started to lose its meaning. In popular culture, it…
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What Mentally Healthy People Do Differently
There is a persistent misconception that mentally healthy people are the ones who feel happy most of the time. In practice, researchers have found…
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What Makes a Good Life?
Robert Waldinger directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which tracked 724 men for 75 years. The clearest finding: good relationships keep us happier…
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The Power of Believing That You Can Improve
Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk,…
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A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit
Psychiatrist, Dr. Judson Brewer, explains how the trap of bad habits actually works, and what you can do about it. He explores various misconceptions…
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Your Pesach Wellness Guide: Simple Ways to Stay Grounded This Season
Pesach is coming, and with it comes something most of us know well: the mix of excitement and exhaustion, meaning and mayhem, connection and,…
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Why Being Kind to Yourself Feels So Hard: Building Real Self-Compassion
Self-compassion can be a challenging subject. Many of us find it so easy to be compassionate for someone else who is struggling. We’d never…
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Why You Procrastinate (It’s Not Laziness)
Procrastination is a challenging experience that so many of us are all too familiar with. Different tasks and projects in our lives can get…
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