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Healthy Arguing 101

Can you fight with finesse? If you want your relationship to survive, learning how to have a healthy argument is one big key to success. Disagreements are inevitable in life. It’s not just with your significant other that you have disagreements, you can also expect to have them at school, at work, with your friends, and even with complete strangers. Obviously, some disagreements are more important than others, and in some cases, your best bet is to just let it go. But when it comes t...
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How to Stop Gaslighting in Your Relationships

Gaslight was a fab movie released in 1944, starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotton, and a young Angela Lansbury. The movie was nominated for seven academy awards that year and won two. What’s that have to do with your relationship, you ask? Hopefully, nothing, but the term gaslighting, came from that movie, and it’s used to describe abusive behavior where someone manipulates information to make the victim question their sanity, memories, or even reality. In the movie, I...
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Why Starting a Family Feels Scary (AF) If You're a Millennial

Millennials are not the unfocused generation just out of college, spending their time eating avocado toast and living in their parents’ basement that many people paint them out to be. Well, some of them are, but most of them aren’t. By definition, millennials are between the ages of 24 and 39 in the year 2020. For some, this isn’t very far removed from those first couples of years after college where travel and toast were funded by a side hustle. Today’s millennials may s...
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How to Stay Focused at Work With Distractions Everywhere

Are you at work right now? Wasting a little time reading some articles. Maybe you spent your workday dealing with a co-worker who’s going through a breakup. Or, you planned how you’re going to spend your weekend. And then oops–another meeting. Work is full of distractions that have nothing to do with work: the environment, your coworkers, and even distractions you create yourself. So how do you overcome this problem to focus on your work? Workplace Distractions It’s not j...
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Swap the Small Stuff for a Plastic-Free World

You’ve got your hydro flask, your chic, custom-made handbag for quick trips to the grocery store, and you wouldn’t think of going out to eat without your eco-friendly metal straws. But are you doing enough? You’re not new to the problems of plastics. If you’re really ready to do your part, you don’t have to eradicate all plastic from your life, but you can make a really big difference by making some small changes that add up–sometimes they add up pretty ...
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Intuition, Are You in There? 4 Powerful Ways to Tap In

Have you ever had a gut feeling that you should have paid attention to and regretted it later? What about that feeling that you did listen to; were you glad you paid attention and thankful for the results? That feeling of intuition tends to take on supernatural proportions, even though it’s something everybody experiences. It’s an immediate response that typically doesn’t have anything to do with a careful examination of facts. While everyone has intuition, they don’t pay...
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7 Things That Happen to Your Body After One Epic Night's Sleep

You constantly hear that making sleep a priority is key to your health and your beauty regimen. But why is that? Sleep is an important natural process that is needed so your body can perform a number of important functions. While you may feel like sleep is a time where you shut down, it’s actually the opposite. Your body and brain are actively working to process information from the day, restore parts of your body, and perform some strengthening functions. Not only are your bra...
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