Work-life balance is essential because you can’t have a life in balance if you exclude your work from the equation. But balancing work and the rest of your life can be tricky. Doing so means addressing a wide range of issues such as knowing your purpose, discovering your authentic self, improving focus, and putting yourself forward in a positive fashion by developing your emotional intelligence and improving your leadership skills.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
Meditation doesn’t need to be as complicated as you might think. The Japanese, in fact, have a number of practices that can help you integrate so-called moving meditations into your day, and one of the least well-known is Kinhin (Kin’ Yin’), or the practice of walking meditation. It’s special because it’s integrated into something that all of us already do: walk!
By Laura Araujo
administrator
Many of us struggle to deal with anxiety. But is the secret to doing so found in building a relationship with uncertainty? As humans, we hate uncertainty. Our brains are programmed to hate uncertainty because it creates room for danger and invites our friend, anxiety, onto the scene — except we’d prefer he not show up.
By Lauren Hoffmeier
expert
There was a moment in time when our chimpanzee ancestors gave rise to the homosapien by discovering the elixir of youth. It’s something called neoteny, which is the quality of slowing down the growth process, which is the very thing that made us smarter: we explored more, we practiced more, we played more.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
Moving isn’t just about building muscles or improving our cardiovascular health — it can have a tremendously positive impact on our brains too — which is why I’m such a BDNF fan-girl.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
We all wonder if we could sleep better – I’m here to tell you, your slumbery dreams can come true, if you just follow these few rules.
By Lauren Hoffmeier
expert
There is no normal except the one universal standard that we are all human. We share the same space and want the same thing. Our essential human nature is to connect to that childlike joy and rest in the authenticity of happiness.
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