What To Look At Honestly In Your Life
Your life is largely your own design. To change it, you must first examine it honestly: your work, your hobbies, your friends, your choices and your time....
Good Reasons To Love Your Age
Feeling stronger and happier past forty can seem hard. Yet research points to six ways life genuinely improves as the years go by....
The Boy Who Chose Plain Ice Cream
A small boy counts his coins, chooses the cheaper ice cream, and leaves something on the table that teaches a hurried waitress a lesson she will not forget....
Following Your Dreams With Both Feet
Dreams are meant to be followed, not dropped because they look impossible today. Six ideas help you pursue them steadily and wisely....
Three Steps For Setting Goals
Setting goals is a time-tested way to stay motivated. Sorting them by distance, and giving each a deadline, turns hopes into a working plan....
A Sense Of Purpose Helps You Sleep
Older adults who feel their lives have meaning sleep better, a study found. Purpose, it seems, rests the body as well as the mind....
Why The Teenage Years Feel So Complicated
Life itself is fairly simple. What complicates it is the mind, and never more than in the teenage years. Three forces explain why that phase feels so tangled....
What Helping Others Gives Back
When you help someone, they are not the only one who gains. Doing good quietly gives back joy, self-knowledge, connection, confidence and belonging....
The Empty Space Inside The Bowl
A bowl is useful because of the empty space it holds, not the clay around it. Our lives work the same way, and shaping that space is what free will means....
Five Signs That Change Is Coming
Big changes in life often announce themselves before they arrive. Here are five quiet signals that you may be on the edge of a turning point....