Resilience
Be Patient, Tough Times Don’t Feel as Tough in the Future
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A little less than three years ago I was quite sick for eight months. I struggled to have more than two decent…
Are You Making It Seem More Difficult Than It Is?
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“Did you workout today?” How would you answer that question? Did you go for a run, participate in a spin class,…
What to Do When it All Goes Wrong…
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“One of the hardest things to do is to get out of a rut. When things are going poorly, and…
Why We Ease Off When Our Goal is Near
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Have you ever gotten nearly to the end of a significant project and just coasted in? Maybe it was a…
A New And More Accurate Way To Think About Change and Homeostasis
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Homeostasis is often conceptualized as the desire of an organism or system to stay the same. This is thought to…
An Antidote to Quick Fix Culture
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We live in an age of the quick fix, be it in fitness, relationships, business, learning, creativity, or health.
How Exercise Shapes You, Far Beyond the Gym
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Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. When you develop physical fitness, you’re developing life fitness, too.
When a Stress Expert Battles Mental Illness
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Last August, I was in New York City doing media spots for my book, Peak Performance. In between interviews, I went…
Emotional Flexibility: How to Hold *Everything* at Once
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Life is messy. Though there may be times when everything is clicking and going well — or the reverse: times when…