My wife and I have been married for 11 years. That’s not long enough time to be too confident in our success—after all, it’s just a few years longer than the average US marriage of…
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A busy day doesn’t have to be a bad day. In fact, many of my busiest days are packed full of activities that I find meaningful and satisfying…
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A few months ago after welcoming our fourth baby into our family, I felt that there was an unhealthy habit that I needed to break…
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Any description of human behavior should have something to say about the complicated relationship we have with our emotions…
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I consider good conversation to be a real contender for life’s greatest pleasure. Unfortunately, the art of carrying on a great conversation is not something that comes naturally to many of us…
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In the decade after college there were long seasons where I felt the gap between who I was and who I wanted to be wasn’t shrinking nearly as fast as I wanted…
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When we become such creatures of habit, we run the risk of getting stuck in a boring rut, deprived of enjoying new or different experiences. This can even result in feelings of depression, laziness,…
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Not all stress is bad for you, in fact, research continues to support the idea that certain kinds of mild stress can be beneficial to your health and well-being in a myriad of complex…
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Believing that someone else has it better, or that better days are ahead of us, we strive to pursue greater opportunities or nicer things…
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I occasionally reflect on certain periods of my life nostalgically as the “good ol’ days”…
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As the timer moved closer to zero, now for the second time, I felt a growing sense of dread…
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Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life…
