How to Overcome Your Fear of Success: 7 Steps

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What is this feeling? You have thought about your dream job forever… worked your way up. You’ve gone through an interview or two and feel like you are close enough to reach out and grab that brass ring.  But as you approach the third and final interview, doubt enters your mind. Do you really want … Read more

7 Self-Serving Bias Examples You See Throughout Life

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When something good happens, people tend to think: “I worked so hard, I’m so talented, I did a great job!” But when things go wrong, people often start taking a mental account of any external factors that could be to blame. Can you think of a time when you were quick to take credit for … Read more

Can Essential Oils Positively Affect Your Emotions?

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While essential oils have been used for more than 6,000 years and their healing effects on improving health have been confirmed by innumerable studies, it’s a pretty recent discovery (related to the last few decades) that the chemistry of essential oils may positively affect the way we feel, think and act, that is to say … Read more

9 Psychological Tricks to Develop a Fitness Habit

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Establishing new habits is hard, and slip-ups are to be expected. Here are 9 psychological tactics you can use to develop a long-lasting fitness habit.

Why are fitness habits so difficult to create? A fitness habit isn’t inherently harder to form than other habits, but the culture surrounding fitness causes problems. In particular, I’m picking a fight with “Just Do It.” The advice “just do it” or “suck it up and work out” is flawed because, for beginners, it leaves … Read more