āThe Smarter Living team has culled a few tips from our archive to help you grow in that new relationship, rekindle an old flame or turn a breakup into a positive experience.ā Read on to find out how to Improve the Relationships in Your Life in 2019
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Do you experience social anxiety? Understanding what researchers call the ‘Liking Gap’ may help
āPart of becoming a good conversationalist is accurately deciphering how others feel about us.ā Learn more about the ātendency to underestimate how much other people like usā that researchers have dubbed “The Liking Gapā by reading on: Why You Underestimate How Much Other People Like You
Make gratitude a family practice with these three tips
Fostering gratitude in our own lives–and in the lives of our children–is a process. This is because gratitude is an experience, not just a behavior. Learn how to inspire gratitude and grow empathy in your child by following these three daily practices.
Feeling overwhelmed? Consider finding relief by letting go of the things in your life that are weighing you down.
Itās no secret that the spaces we live in–our homes, offices and vehicles–need regular maintenance and attention. It should come as no surprise, then, that the non-physical spaces we occupy–our minds, our obligations, our relationships–also need tending to. Learn more about the benefits of lightening up by reading on: Lighten Your Load
Emphasize the giving, and the thanks will follow: how to foster generosity this holiday season
For many of us, Thanksgiving is a time for family, reflection and giving thanks. However, emerging research suggests that the spirit of givingāhelping others, being thoughtful, practicing generosityācan generate a sense of gratitude that spans beyond a single day of gratefulness. Thatās because gratitude and generosity are part of a cycle that we may be able to harness in order to create a kinder, more generous society.
Here are three ways to help the generosity flow this holiday season and beyond:
Increase Your Brainās Resilience By Building āPsychological Body Armorā (PBA)
While anxiety and excessive stress are the two most significant factors that prevent a person from realizing happiness, the good news is that neural pathways in the brain areāand remaināmalleable.
This means that while we may feel helpless to the stressors in our lives, a psychological phenomenon known as neuroplasticity allows us to fortify ourselves against the things that threaten to emotionally destabilize us.
Eight Keys to End Bullying
From our friends that the Greater Good Science Center:
It is not complicated policies or grandiose programs that make the most difference, but rather consistent, daily, nurturing acts of reaching out to both children who bully and those who are are the receiving end of cruelty that bring about the most meaningful and lasting change.
Does Facebook leave you feeling Envious?
Ever read a friend’s happy status update on Facebook and feel envious? Here’s Five Ways to Ease Your Envy | (courtesy of the Greater Good Science Center)