Category: Mindfulness
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Mindfulness and Technology: Why You Need to Disconnect to Reconnect
We all do it. You’re in line at Starbucks or waiting on the subway platform. You grab your phone to kill time, browse through social media and avoid making awkward eye contact with strangers. We use our phones as a distraction, a crutch, an instant relief from having to think. While there are times when…
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30 Life Lessons to Learn Before 30
In exactly two weeks I turn 30 (shoutout to my birthday twin Lucy Hale who also turns 30!) I used to be terrified, thinking by 30 I had to “have it all” (whatever that means). Now that it’s really happening, I can tell you it’s not that scary. Surprisingly, I feel better now than I…
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How to Overcome Perfectionism
I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember—always caring about what other people think, worrying about being judged, and overanalyzing everything. As a kid, I never raised my hand in class even if I was 99% sure I knew the answer. In my success-driven mind, every bad score on a test meant…
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Brené Brown’s 3-Step Approach to Transcending Failure and ‘Rising Strong’
“We’ve all fallen. And we have the skinned knees and bruised hearts to prove it. But scars are easier to talk about than they are to show – and rarely do we see wounds that are in the process of healing.” – Brené Brown Throughout our lives, we’ve all experienced failure, disappointment and heartbreak. But…
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