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There are no overnight transformations.

Here's what change really looks like: having flashes of insight, forgetting what you just learned, struggling to practice, being tested in challenging circumstances, feeling like you're taking a massive step back, and wondering if you’re going in the right direct...


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Tilt your head downward and imagine that, in the center of your chest, there's a big open box. What feelings are floating around in there?

If you watch for a while, you'll notice that eventually, the feelings will all float away from the box, or shrink down in size, or dissipate in intensity. There's a...


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A lot of people believe that, if you're lonely, it's because...

You live alone

You're single

You're older

You have poor social skills

You're introverted

The science of loneliness, spearheaded by the researcher John Cacioppo, has taught us these myths are incorrect.

I...


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When we look at something with judgment, our attention is focused into a narrow beam. Our brains physically limit what we can see so that we can focus on facing this thing that we perceive as a 'threat.' While this can be essential for our survival, it also has a detrimental effect on our well-being.

B...


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Old Happy: "I have to do what others expect.”
New Happy: “I need to do what’s right for me.”

There’s no shortage of opinions about what you should do or be or want or feel. They are worthy of consideration, of course; sometimes only other people can see what is in...


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