How to ditch emotional baggage, negative-thinking and be happier!
- Thu Mar 29 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
A: A number of years ago, I suffered three of the top four life stressors all in a matter of a few weeks. I changed jobs, discovered my ex’s affair and moved out. It was an absolute low point in my life. Almost overnight, everything familiar in my life no longer was. I was lost, heart-broken and scared out of my mind of what the future held.
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To be happier, do this with your lunch break
- Thu Mar 08 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
They say that money can't buy happiness—and that's partially true—but there is one little thing you can do with your dollars that might give your day a boost: Treat a friend to lunch.
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How to make meaningful connections with new and old friends
- Mon Feb 20 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
You spend the first two or three decades of your life making and keeping and occasionally losing friends, but what after that? Much like dating, befriending can actually become harder and harder as we get older. Here, Sally Horchow, author of The Art of Friendship, explains the impact of social networking on real friendship, and how to make genuine new connections (even with your parents).
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How to take a relationship from good to great
- Mon Feb 13 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
In the beginning, if you're lucky enough to have a kiss between the two of you make the world stand still, you might think that it's always going to be that way. But then, months and years later, many people find themselves asking where the magic went.
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Would you be happier living alone?
- Mon Feb 06 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
Eric Klinenberg, an NYU sociologist, is the author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone. Here, he explains why women are better at living alone than men, the social pressures to shack up, and why everyone should live alone at some point in their lives.
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An app that lets you know why your relationship failed
- Fri Jan 27 2012
- Sarah Treleaven
Sometimes, when a relationship ends, you're left wondering exactly what happened. How is it possible that you went from flushed cheeks and whispered pillow talk to coldly collecting a cardboard box full of your books and underwear?
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