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Sleep
Sleep is important. Are you getting enough?
(780 words)
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In a Rush
In a rush? Sometimes it’s just not worth it.
(530 words)
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Why Films Make Us Cry
Often it’s the happier moments.
(700 words)
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Personality – Introverts, Extroverts and the Big Five
Your personality and why it matters – in life, at work, and in relationships.
(720 words)
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Four Writing Techniques That Are Helpful for Life
Ideas for writing that can help with health and happiness (and maybe with English).
(780 words)
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What Emotions Are For
Five core emotions and how they might be helping us.
(800 words)
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Difficult Decisions
Why decisions can be difficult and different ways to think about them.
(690 words)
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Stories We Tell Ourselves
The stories we tell ourselves have quite an impact on our lives.
(700 words)
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Regret
What are you likely to regret and how might it help you?
(900 words)
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Thinking Errors 2 – How We See Ourselves and Others
Our minds lie to us all the time.
(690 words)
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Thinking Errors 1 – Stories, Patterns and Causes
Don’t believe everything you think.
(620 words)
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Fear 2 – The News and Our Minds
How we end up worried about the wrong things.
(680 words)
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Creativity
Where do ideas come from, and how can we be more creative?
(820 words)
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Happiness Part 2 – Ways to Increase Happiness
Seven ideas about how you might increase happiness.
(770 words)
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Happiness Part 1 – Average Levels
The good things won’t be as good, and the bad things won’t be as bad as we think. – Dan Gilbert
(720 words)
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What Makes a Good Manager?
What makes a manager good, and why is it so important?
(600 words)
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Strange Things That Happen When You Sleep
Sleepwalking, nightmares and lucid dreaming.
(730 words)
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Work – Job Satisfaction and Job Crafting
What makes a job satisfying, and what can you do to enjoy your work more?
(740 words)
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Why We Like Horror Films
What makes horror films scary, and why do people enjoy watching them?
(720 words)
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Fairness
Fairness is important to humans and maybe to some animals, but why do we have such strong feelings when things are not fair?
(810 words)
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Mindfulness Meditation
Being lost in thought tends to make us unhappy, but mindfulness meditation can help us to be more present more of the time.
(690 words)
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6 Ways People Influence You
People who know how your thinking works can use that knowledge to influence the decisions you make.
(670 words)
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Fear 1 – Common Fears
Many common fears limit our lives – what are you afraid of?
(750 words)
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Too Much Choice?
Does having so much choice cause us problems?
(620 words)
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Dreams
It’s difficult to know whether our dreams have any meaning, but it does seem like they’re helping us in important ways.
(690 words)
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Morning Routines
Win the morning, and you win the day.
(660 words)
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Tribes and Lost Connections
Is the loneliness we feel these days a signal to get back to our tribes?
(790 words)
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Listening
Really listening to someone can be very powerful, and it’s a skill that can be developed.
(620 words)
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Social Media
It’s not neutral: social media companies are trying hard to get your attention.
(690 words)
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Man’s best friend
Why are dogs ‘man’s best friend’, and how did it come to be that way?
(850 words)
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