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Read more: Exercise your brainWhen I take my morning walk, I’m improving my body and my brain. That’s the fascinating conclusion of Dr. John J. Ratey in his book…
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Read more: One life“We all get one life,” says swimmer Diana Nyad, who swam 110.86 miles from Cuba to Florida in 2013. “You don’t get to do any…
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Read more: How to have a good dayCaroline Webb has suggestions for making the best of bad situations in her book How to Have a Good Day. * When you disagree with…
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Read more: Mindful meditationMindful meditation can help you gain control of your own attention and your own presence, says David Gelies in his new book Mindful Work. What…
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Read more: Keep sparkling“Don’t let anyone dull your sparkle.” I found that advice in a classroom at the elementary school where I volunteer as a mentor. –Joy
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Read more: No female brain?Researchers at Tel Aviv looked at MRI scans of 1,400 brains and concluded that “the brain does not reflect a clear dichotomy based on gender…
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Read more: Women still can’t win“if you’re tough and take charge, you’re pushy, bossy, maybe even a bitch,” says Catherine Rampell in an article in the January 23, 2016, issue…
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Read more: Ruthless?“I think of Jeremy telling me I had to be ruthless to be a writer,” says Lucy Barton in Elizabeth Strout’s new book My Name…
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Read more: The constant judgment in the worldWhen the hospital nurse asked Lucy Barton’s mother if she wanted a “gossip” magazine to read, she declined. And, although Lucy took the magazine, she…
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Read more: “I would never again”“It was May, then, June, and I remember how I would stand and look out the window at the sidewalk below and watch the young…