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Browse my most popular articles and guides on topics ranging from Productivity and Mindfulness to Emotional Fitness and Habit Building.
Top 10 Most Popular Articles
Understanding the Function of Worry is Essential to Undoing It
How to Get More Done by Procrastinating on Purpose
10 Types of Negative Self-Talk (and How to Correct Them)
A Quick Guide for Complete Beginners
The Mental Muscle Behind Consistent Creativity
Why We Struggle to Do Our Best Work in an Age of Intellectual Abundance
3 Essential Habits for Better Mental Health
A Guide to Living Your Own Life
An Introduction to Psychological Mastery and Why It Matters
19 Powerful Techniques to Build a Reading Habit
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Emotional Fitness
3 Essential Habits for Better Mental Health
A Brief Guide to Building a Better Relationship with Your Emotions
An Introduction to Psychological Mastery and Why It Matters
How We Hide from Our Feelings by Turning Emotions into Ideas
The Benefits of Intentionally Anticipating Our Struggles
Even if You’re Lazy…
Why the Willingness to Feel Bad Is the Secret to Feeling Good
How We Train Our Own Brains to make Us Miserable
7 Things You Should Have Learned About Emotions in 3rd Grade.
Productivity
How to Get More Done by Procrastinating on Purpose
How High-Performers Think When It Matters Most
A Simple Teachnique for Better Focus
5 Strategies from a Professional Psychologist
Make Them Easier, Not Earlier
Make Your Goals About Action Not Outcomes
Why We Need to Re-think the Term Productivity
Mental Health
The Case for a Well-Balanced Sense of Self
10 Types of Negative Self-Talk (and How to Correct Them)
Do All Unhappy People Share a Common Trait?
Essential Routines and Habits for Better Mental Health
A Guide to Living Your Own Life
No, but everyone could benefit from it.
Our past doesn’t cause suffering, but the habits it fostered may
An Open Letter From a Behavioral Psychologist (and Dad) on International Women’s Day
There’s More to Mental Health Than Fixing What’s Wrong
Motivation
Most of Us Have Too Much Motivation not Too Little
5 Questions from Psychology Research to Help You Find Your Passion
What Research Shows Are the Most Important Factors in Procrastination.
When Hard Work Doesn’t Work
Finally, Some Self-Help That Actually Helps
A Guide to Building Sustainable Sources of Motivation
Mindfulness
A Brief Primer on Mindfulness in Plain English
A Quick Guide for Complete Beginners
How to Be More Mindful in Everyday Life
15 Ways Mindfulness Helps According to Research
3 Tips for a Resilent Long-Term Mindfulness Practice
A collection of helpful and thought-provoking ideas about meditation
Stress & Anxiety
Understanding the Function of Worry is Essential to Undoing It
When we try to control anxiety, we end up making it worse because we teach our brain to fear itself.
Why Emotion, Not Achievement, Explain Perfectionism.
A Simple Routine to Stay Productive at Work and Relaxed at Home
Why Managing Your Stressors, Not Your Stress, Is Key
A Simple System to Stay Organized and Reduce Stress
The Antidote to Stress and Overwhelm is Whitespace
Everything You Wanted to Know About Anxiety in One Place
Better Sleep
The single best technique for falling asleep fast
Why Sleep Hygiene does more harm than good
Everything you wanted to know about insomnia in one place
5 Practical Strategies to Get the Rest You Need to Do Your Best Work
No, but Worrying About it Is.
The upside of watching TV in bed
Minimalism
Why We All Need to Be More Intentional with the Technology in Our Lives
Why Minimalism is About More not Less
What I learned after going a month without any optional personal technology
No, but Worrying About it Is.
Habit Building
19 Powerful Techniques to Build a Reading Habit
An Ancient Technique for Building Better Habits
9 practical tips for establishing new habits in difficult circumstances
Why a Tracking System Is Essential for Building New Habits
Effective Routines for a Calmer, More Productive Mind
It’s a Virtue.
The 10 Best Books for Genuine
Self-Improvement
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