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  • How Sharing Big Goals Can Kill Your Motivation
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    How Sharing Big Goals Can Kill Your Motivation

    There is an intoxicating rush that comes with announcing a massive new life goal. Whether you tell your best friend you’re writing a novel, launching a business, or training for a marathon, their immediate reaction is almost always enthusiastic applause. “That’s amazing! You’re going to do great!” they say. You walk away feeling inspired and…

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  • Sisu: An Important Concept of Finnish Resilience
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    Sisu: An Important Concept of Finnish Resilience

    In the depths of a Nordic winter, when daylight is a fleeting rumor and temperatures plunge well below freezing, you will find Finns swimming in ice-cut lakes or trekking through knee-deep snow. To an outsider, it’s a spirited cultural tradition. In Finnish, it is called sisu. What Does It Actually Mean? Pronounced see-su, this untranslatable Finnish…

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  • Glimmers: Micro-Moments as Ultimate Reset of the Nervous System
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    Glimmers: Micro-Moments as Ultimate Reset of the Nervous System

    For years, we have all heard of “triggers”. Those sudden, negative stimuli that spike our anxiety and send our nervous systems into fight-or-flight mode. We follow the information on how to notice them, manage them, and keep a track record. But have you heard of the opposite of triggers? What Is Glimmers? Coined by licensed…

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  • We Prefer Guaranteed Bad News to Waiting in Uncertainty
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    We Prefer Guaranteed Bad News to Waiting in Uncertainty

    Which type of scenario stresses you out more? Waiting for the job offer to arrive, the final grade to appear in your portal, or a partner to reply in the middle of a fight? Or when the rejection finally comes in, the less-than-ideal grade is posted, and the relationship officially ends? We often assume the…

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    How to Reset Body and Mind in a Neuroscientific-Backed Way?

    Have you tried mindfulness practices and found it hard to focus? Or are you looking for a passive way to relax without falling asleep? As burnout rates reach unprecedented highs, is there a better way to reset the body and the mind deeply and consciously? The Non-Sleep Deep Rest Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) is a…

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