How to deal with difficult people
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How to deal with difficult people

You will never be able to completely avoid coming in contact with people you find offensive, annoying, or downright loathsome. And when you do, there’s almost no chance you’ll be able to win any arguments or make them be more tolerable. What you can do, however, is get really good at handling negative interactions in the most effective way.

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Why Getting rid of “bad” habits is a bad strategy
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Why Getting rid of “bad” habits is a bad strategy

Isn’t is empowering to think you could lovingly fill yourself up in productive ways and naturally create balance in your life? Doesn’t that feel more hopeful than forcing yourself to stop practicing these “bad” habits that are actually very real and necessary coping mechanisms?

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How to Put Yourself First Without Hurting the People You Love
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How to Put Yourself First Without Hurting the People You Love

You’re exhausted and often overwhelmed and sometimes ashamed of the secret mean thoughts you have about your kids when they interrupt your imperative Netflix binge session. You need down time, alone time, ME time, but also feel like you always need to be available and responsive to the people who’ve come to count on you.

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3 Ways to Stop Hating Your Body Right Now
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3 Ways to Stop Hating Your Body Right Now

The negative thoughts come automatically and unconsciously, so it takes deliberate effort to turn things around. You can control the way you think, the things you do, and what you say to yourself at least part of the time, and the more you practice positive self-care and self-talk, the more natural it will become.

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5 ways to stop hating exercise
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5 ways to stop hating exercise

Ah, exercise. The bitchy cousin of dieting. Does the very word just fill you with dread? We’ve come up with all kinds of clever phrases to trick ourselves into doing it -- joyful movement, anyone? -- but the fact is that this is still the one area of self-care and overall wellness that every single one of my clients has struggled with.

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