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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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They can focus on fiction or nonfiction, have themes to guide book choices, and be organized through places like work, school, professional organizations, religious groups and libraries. Libraries are also an up-and-coming place to find bibliotherapy book clubs. What is bibliotherapy?

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What’s Next to Be Your Best? 3 Personal and Professional Development Trends in 2024

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Not only do personal and professional development opportunities provide key benefits to employees—like learning new skills, boosting confidence and credibility, developing leadership skills and increasing earning potential—but employers greatly benefit too. Why are human skills important?

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13 Best Meditation Apps to Add Mindfulness to Your Self-Care Routine [2021]

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In fact, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health makes clear the health benefits of mediation. But only a small fraction of adults meditate regularly, despite the increases in health and well-being meditative exercises provide. They personalize your meditation experience to suit your mental well-being goals.

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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But this is a goal worth striving for. Additionally, reading regularly has the potential to improve mental health and increase relaxation and empathy. You must first decide what information, knowledge, entertainment or skills you want to extract from the books you read this year, or else you’ll quickly become overwhelmed.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. Being a parent benefits women in business Raising a family is a long-term goal for many women , including Sarah Lacy, the founder and CEO of ChairmanMe.

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What 30 Days of Productivity Taught Me About Finding Time

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Laura Archer, author of Gone for Lunch: 52 Things to Do in Your Lunch Break , attempted a similar challenge after skipping lunch took a toll on her health. Duhigg writes that scientists see motivation as a skill. But for the most part, my skill level was right where I left it. She depended on caffeine more and more.

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How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

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It wasn’t for lack of trying, but rather questioning whether seemingly small gestures were actually accomplishing my goal. a Buddhist monk and bestselling author, writes in Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill : “When we are happy, the feeling of self-importance is diminished and we are more open to others.”

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