How to Have White Privilege
When I woke it took me a moment to remember where I was, then through the soft morning light that
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Interview with Courtney Klop, Owner and Coach at Health for Happiness
Illustrating yet again that the world is small, I recently made the acquaintance of one Courtney Klop, with whom I
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A Few Ways to Burn Fat and Gain Muscle Faster by Making Your Workout More Effective and Efficient
So you finally realized the value in exercising, and you took the steps necessary to build a workout routine into
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For Your Health: Don’t Die of Confusion
The latest season of the sometimes-all-too-accurate spoof series Portlandia kicked off with a humorous (and, once again, all-too-accurate) portrayal of
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How to be Single: Do the Things that Make You Happy
Our culture is rather strange for a variety of reasons, one of which involves how we experience the process of
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Surprise! The World Isn’t Ending. Now What Are You Gonna Do?
Back when I was an angst-ridden teenager I was absolutely, positively, 100% sure that the world was going to end
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The Game is Rigged, So You Might as Well Set the Odds in Your Favor: the Art of Making Your Own Luck
“Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” —Thomas Edison Around the
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One Year Abroad: Making Changes, Finding Happiness, and Drinking Duff
Cafe Bohemia is situated adjacent to Plaza del Lobos, a small square with a fountain in which the bums cool
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How Making Your Own Salad Dressing Will Improve Your Life (No Joke)
This might seem a little silly, but today I’m writing about the benefits of making your own salad dressing. There
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Reading List for 2014: A Few Books that will Enrich Your Life
Books have always played an integral role in my life. I read everything—fiction, history, biography, technical manuals, philosophy, poetry, ancient
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What Makes a Good New Year’s Resolution and How Do You Make it Stick?
Whenever the holiday season rolls around, people tend to start making claims about the upcoming year. As she loads up
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Almost 30: Finding the Time to Accomplish Everything
I’m going to go ahead and be upfront: this post may read as if it lacks in structure. If it
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An Interview with Raptitude Creator David Cain
I’m changing things up with this week’s post. Instead of sharing some of the things I’ve learned along my trek
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Reigning in Control Over Your Body Part III: Food is Fuel, Not Filler
Two posts ago I discussed the benefits of improving and maintaining one’s physical health. Last week I delved into the
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Reigning in Control Over Your Body Part II: Brick by Brick
In my last post I wrote a bit about the importance of improving and maintaining one’s health, so now let’s
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The Importance of Reigning In Control Over Your Body Through Diet and Exercise
When I was a teenager, I remember thinking and even remarking that people who workout and watch what they eat
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Developing Willpower: Denying Yourself Superfluities in Order to Allow Your True Self
There are a number of significant people from throughout history who argue that our sense of will is a rather
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The Psychic Benefits of Adventure upon Which the Fate of Humanity May Depend
Why do people yearn for adventure? Just about everyone does it, to one degree or another. For some a trip
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A Word from Vincent Van Gogh: Setting Your Caged Bird Free
Years ago I came across a collection of letters that the master of epileptic sunflowers and starry nights had sent
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Attaining Happiness: How You Can Use Dissatisfaction as a Tool for Finding Balance
Every single person, from the Dali Lama to Dick Cheney (you will probably never again see these two names in
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Taking the Plunge into Freelance Writing: How it Worked for Me and Can Work for You
My friends who were perched higher in the tree later told me that, when I fell, it reminded them of
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