How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome: 7 Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies To Overcome Feeling Like a Total Fraud

“Imposter syndrome” or feeling like a fraud is a common experience.

It’s a form of insecurity and a natural part of being human. The tendency when we feel like a fraud is to avoid doing the very thing that makes us feel like an imposter. In the short run, avoidance helps us feel calmer and safer…

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What To Do When You Worry Too Much: 3 Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies To Stop Worrying

Imagine you are walking through your grocery store, I live in the same small town that I grew up in, so going to the grocery store is often like a class and family reunion in one. This is a very real scenario in my life. You see a woman that you graduated with and she looks the other way without saying hi…….

One possible way this scenario plays out…

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How To Overcome Anxiety: 6 Experts Share Stellar Strategies To Overcome Anxiety

Anxiety has lots of different definitions, and most people know what anxiety feels like.

People of all ages who present in my office for help describe anxiety as “worry”, “stress”, “a pit in my stomach”, “a tightening in my chest”, and “out of control thinking”…

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How To Build Resilience: 7 Experts Share Remarkably Effective Insights To Overcome Your Biggest Challenges and Thrive in the Face of Adversity

A key component of being resilient (bouncing back) is maintaining mental flexibility and balance in your life as you deal with stressful situations.

I find that people are especially reactive to change in a way that does not promote well-being, due to a lack of mental flexibility…

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How To Overcome Loneliness: 5 Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies To Conquer Loneliness and Start Making Genuine Connections

Loneliness is a painful feeling that often results from experiencing dissatisfaction in your social world– perhaps because of a lost relationship, a change in a relationship, or difficulty connecting with others in a meaningful way.

Loneliness acts as a signal telling you that you are not experiencing the amount of desired companionship or emotional support that you want and/or need…

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How To Build Habits that Stick: 15+ Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies To Create Habits that Last

Our desire to build good habits is about making improvements, and can touch on any area of our lives.

No matter what area of our life we’re trying to improve, there are some universal challenges in adopting a new habit and in keeping with it.

A new habit, whether it’s stopping something you’re doing now or starting something you’re not doing yet, begins with two conflicting goals…

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How To Overcome the Fear of Failure: 5 Experts Share Incredibly Proven Tips + Strategies To Conquer the Fear of Failure

Many of us have grown up viewing failure as an awful consequence that we should avoid at all costs.

Well-meaning parents and teachers celebrate good grades, winning, and first place awards and show major disappointment for failure and losing.

Children learn pretty quickly that failing is an unpleasant experience. Unfortunately, some of these children try to avoid failure as much as possible…

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How To Build and Maintain New Habits: 2 Authors Share Powerful Insights on Creating Long-Lasting Habits

Recently, one of my colleagues trained for, and then ran, a 70 mile-long mountain ultra-marathon. Just a few years ago, he didn’t run at all, and in fact, running was a sport he didn’t like. I now consider this formerly irresponsible procrastinator to have one of the strongest willpower muscles of anyone I know. By gradually building habits, he was able to get his elephant into gear.

Many things you need to do in life are unpleasant at first…

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How To Overcome Perfectionism: 6 Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies To Cope With Perfectionism

As a perfectionist, you procrastinate.

Your fear center lights up, so you delay the task until the last minute, when urgency takes you over. This is especially so if the project or task means a lot to you. For instance, if it reflects on your sense of self, or if it is a pet project….

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How To Stop Worrying About What Others Think: 3 Experts Share Incredibly Powerful Tips + Strategies

Have you ever struggled with worrying about what others might think of you?

When we worry about what others are thinking about us that is often a clue that we are struggling with what we think about ourselves…

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