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Happiness

Embracing the Art of Gentle Living

During our younger years, we’re looking for excitement.  We want to charge at life.  And given that during our younger years we have some excess energy to burn, having a highly active lifestyle in our youth isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  But as we get older, we realize that kind…

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Happiness

6 Effective Strategies to Protect Your Energy

There are all kinds of things in life that drain our energy.  Demanding, difficult people can drain us.  Our jobs can be draining.  Even social media and the news can be draining.  As a result, it’s important to develop good habits to protect your energy. Realize that there is no…

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Happiness

5 Simple Ways to Make Every Day Count

We all believe that we are immortal.  And frankly, when I woke up this morning, I felt fairly immortal!  I’d had a good sleep, and I got out of bed feeling quite fit.  And yet, the reality is that regardless of how healthy I feel today, I’m not immortal.  There’s…

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Happiness

Daily Habits for a Calmer, More Beautiful Life

Sometimes in life, we inadvertently fall into bad habits.  Perhaps we stop being organized, and our living space becomes a cluttered mess.  Or we may get into the habit of filling our bodies with crummy foods and alcohol.  Or we may start wasting our free time by filling our brains…

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