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Marathon Training Also Trained My Stress Tolerance—Here’s How

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Learning resilience on the Camino de Santiago My mindset changed this summer when I walked the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage route from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with only a backpack. The mental image fascinated me; I had never thought to train myself for a higher stress tolerance.

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7 Self-Care Subscription Boxes That Can Help You Manage Stress

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Subscription boxes are all about convenience—purchases you don’t have to think about, remember to renew or even go farther than your front door to pick up. After all, the hustle economy has trained us to be on the go all the time, and when we get caught up in our busy routines, we often forget about ourselves. Let’s Make Art Cost: $38.25/month

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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Ellison and Darsy learned that the most challenging (and rewarding) parts of being liveaboards in a relationship had little to do with the logistics of sailing and a lot more to do with life, interpersonal dynamics and developing self-awareness in roughly 350 square feet of space. There are no shortcuts for that.”.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness. I apologized.

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Live to 100: 4 Takeaways from the Netflix Docuseries to Help You Live Better and Longer

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We’ve heard the advice so much our whole lives that we can recite it in our sleep: Eat nutritious foods, move our bodies, don’t stress. Through visits to places full of centenarians (people who make it to 100 and beyond), viewers learn 12 lessons that make up the secret sauce to living not only a long life, but a healthy and fulfilling one.

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6 Brutally Honest Lessons About Working From Home

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Setting clear boundaries and designating work hours can help maintain a balanced lifestyle. In fact, it’s often a journey filled with unexpected pitfalls and hard-learned lessons. Here are five things I’ve learned the hard way about working from home. ” Lesson learned: Invest in a proper desk and chair.

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‘Bouncing Forward’: Adaptability and the Power of Deliberate Calm

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We’ve all learned to be resilient. We’ve learned to get back up after a setback, keep pressing forward , put in the time, do the work and carry on. You were trying to wrap up a million projects at work before heading out on vacation, while juggling shopping for presents, preparing to host your relatives or travel.

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