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Mental health is an important part of our overall well-being. It involves how we think, feel, and act in response to life’s challenges. Just like physical health, mental health can affect our ability to function on a daily basis. Some common mental health conditions include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, depression, and OCD. These conditions can…

According to billionaire investor Charlie Munger, the world is “not driven by greed, it’s driven by envy.” This statement came as part of an on-stage interview in 2022 at the annual meeting of the Daily Journal. Munger continued: “The fact that everybody is five times better off than they used to be, they take it…

In his essay “Nature,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that man should “go forth to meet nature, not to make war upon her, but to purify, to rescue, and to ornament.” This idea of cooperating with nature, not fighting against it, is a central theme in Emerson’s writing. Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet…

In an interview with PBS, Thich Nhat Hanh shared thoughts on the high level of violence in our society and how we can reduce it.

We learned some of the most basic, most important life lessons as a child. Like mine, your parents probably told you many times to clean your room, eat your veggies, go play outside, or turn off the television. This good advice is still very relevant to us as adults today: So, if you’re confused about…

In his 2010 memoir, “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” Anthony Bourdain shared his sage advice to young adults: If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors…

We all want easy answers and instant results, but there are no shortcuts to health and longevity. You will need to make a healthy lifestyle a priority and do the work to change. The good news is there are basic, simple building blocks of prevention that have been proven to work across diverse, global populations:…

You can’t change everything in your life all at once. Whatever bad habits or problems you’ve gotten yourself into, it happened slowly, over time. It will take about the same amount of time in reverse to change it. If you have anxiety or feel overwhelmed, then you won’t respond to an avalanche of information and…

With any habit you work to create or goal you want to achieve, there will be mistakes and setbacks. But when you stumble, when your streak breaks, you must begin again. When you experience a setback, you will feel defeated and deflated. Acknowledge that feeling, but don’t judge yourself for having faltered. It’s normal to…