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10 Little Tips To Help You Keep Your Cool

Whether itā€™s hot outside or you are feeling hot on the inside, the ten little tips below will help you keep your cool. Itā€™s hot outside and Iā€™m not just talking about the weather. From the temperature to comments on the internet, relationship mistakes to breaking news (and everything in between), it makes sense that [ā€¦]

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6 Good Reasons to Stop Proving Yourself to Everyone Else

You wonā€™t find your worth entirely in someone else ā€” youā€™ll find it in yourself, and then you will attract those who are worthy of your energy.

Sometimes we try to show the world we are flawless in hopes that we will be liked and accepted by everyone, but we canā€™t please everyone and we shouldnā€™t try. The beauty of us lies in our vulnerability, our complex emotions, and our authentic imperfections. When we embrace who we are and decide to be authentic, instead of who we think others want us to be, we open ourselves up to real relationships, lasting happiness, and inner peace.

Thereā€™s no need to put on an act every day. Thereā€™s no need to pretend to be someone youā€™re not. You have nothing to continuously prove. And if you catch yourself doing so, remind yourselfā€¦
1. Itā€™s important to honor your own feelings and boundaries.

When you run into someone who discredits you, disrespects you, or treats you poorly for no apparent reason at all, donā€™t (moreā€¦)

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67 Things To Declutter And Let Go Of This Summer

If you want to declutter and let go of things, consistency is more important than intensity. It probably took years or decades to accumulate your clutter so give yourself time, patience and grace as you declutter and let go of it. If you only let go of one or two items a day for the [ā€¦]

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3 Fundamental Lessons Most People Learn Too Late in Life

ā€œIn elementary school my parents told me it didnā€™t matter what I did when I grew up, so long as it made me happy. ā€˜Happiness is the whole point of life,ā€™ my father said. ā€˜But it doesnā€™t always come easy. Your mother loves to help people in need, so she became a psychiatric nurse. I love reading, writing and poetry, so I became an English teacher. We both find happiness in the hard work we do each day.ā€™

A few years later when I was in junior high, my sixth-grade homeroom teacher put me in detention for ā€˜being difficult.ā€™ She went around the classroom and asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up. When she got to me, I told her I wanted to be happy. She told me I was missing the whole point of the question. I told her she was missing the whole point of life.ā€

Thatā€™s an old parable my grandmother recited to me countless times when (moreā€¦)

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Weekend Favorites: minimalist kitchen, simplicity quotes and how to retire early

Weekend Wisdom: Rest brings us back to the gentlest versions of ourselves. Alpine lake. Even though it will be close to a hundred degrees this weekend, a few days ago I hiked to this incredible alpine lake covered with ice. It was so unexpected! We had a little picnic of hardboiled eggs and iced coffee [ā€¦]

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10 Good Reasons to Let Go of Things Sooner Rather than Later

The most powerful changes happen when we decide to take control of what we do have power over, instead of craving control over what we do not.

Holding on is hard. Holding on contributes to stress, unhappiness, relationship problems, and so much more. Yet, as human beings, we cling desperately to almost everythingā€¦

We donā€™t like change, so we hold on tight to the past.

We want life to be the way we think it ā€œshouldā€ be.

We get attached to our ideals even when they hurt us.

Over the past 15 years, as Marc and I have gradually worked with hundreds of coaching clients and live event attendees, weā€™ve come to understand that the root cause of most human stress is (moreā€¦)

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10 Things Weā€™ll Regret When Weā€™re Older If We Donā€™t Stop Now

You can stop doing these ten things when you are 23, 35, 62, 84 or any age to avoid regret when you are older. And more importantly, so you can start enjoying your life more right now. Living with regret can be very painful. Dan Pink, author of many books including, The Power Of Regret, [ā€¦]

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Simplify Your Closet by Eliminating these 33 Annoying Things

If you want to simplify your closet, dress with less and save your time and energy for something other than answering the question, ā€œwhat am I going to wear today?ā€ or if you often find yourself thinking, ā€œI have nothing to wearā€ this list of 33 annoying things to eliminate from your closet will help. [ā€¦]

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21 Simplicity Quotes to Help You Simplify Your Life

Use these simplicity quotes for inspiration, motivation, laughter and relief. They will make you smile and help you stay focused on whatā€™s important as you embrace a simpler life. If you want to simplify your life, surround yourself with inspiration and support from books and blogs to quotes and notes. When I make a big [ā€¦]

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20 Things My 90-Year-Old Grandma Told Me to Stop Worrying About So Often

Worry gives small things a big shadow.

Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. Donā€™t be one of them. Donā€™t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been. The secret to happiness and peace on the average day is letting each moment be what it is, instead of what you think it should be, and then making the very best of it ā€” less worry and more presence every step of the way.

So go ahead and sing out loud in the car with the windows down, and dance in your (moreā€¦)

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