Photo credit Break your arm, and it’s pretty obvious to everyone that you have an injury. You’ll wear a sling for a while. You’ll wince when someone brushes past you in the grocery store. Your injury is apparent. It’s visible. People can see evidence of it. The same goes for a broken leg. (Leg cast.) Or a […]
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We Have More Control Over Our Mental Health Than We Ever Imagined
Photo credit Psychologists often refer to the brain in the third person as if it’s a separate thing. Or an unconnected being with its own feelings and emotions. It does what it wants when it wants. We have no control over it. That’s not true. We have more control than we think over our brains and […]
Continue readingHow to Keep Holiday Spending on Budget
There is such a thing as being too generous, especially during the holidays. In 2019, Americans budgeted, on average, $846 for gifts. That can be a tough bill to face come January, especially after the lasting financial effects of these unprecedented last few years. Here are some holiday spending tips to help get you through […]
Continue readingYou Are More Resilient Than You Think. Here’s Why.
Photo credit In the spring of 2020, it felt, for a moment, like the world was going to end. There was death and darkness on the news. Bodies piled up in morgues. New York City struggled to bury its dead. Somewhere around this time, at the end of March or the beginning of April, the collective […]
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