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The One Word That’s Sabotaging Your Entire Life

You should really stop saying it. When I was little, I had a teacher who used to tell our class there was no such word as can’t. If we thought something was too hard, or we felt like giving up, we were...

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Is Healthy Perfectionism A Real Thing?

Flawlessness has its drawbacks. See that woman over there? She’s ambitious and wants to make her dreams a reality, whatever they may be. She wants it for herself, but also to prove to others around her...

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16 Struggles Only Overthinkers Will Understand

Why isn’t there an ‘unsend’ button?!! I have a confession to make. I’m a chronic overthinker. Being put in charge of deciding where my girlfriends and I meet for drinks on the weekend is a...

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7 Unusually Effective Ways To Break A Bad Habit

Ditch it, starting today. Bad habits are called bad habits for a reason. They typically have destructive effects on our physical and mental wellbeing. From mindlessly binge-eating junk food in front of...

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13 Motivational Quotes That’ll Make You Want To Start Living Your Best Life...

This may be the most productive thing you read all day. Words are powerful things. There are some things that people say that stay with us forever. Some good, some not so good, others awful. But they...

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19 Things Everyone Who’s Disturbingly Close To Their Best Friend Will Relate To

We’re close. Maybe even too close.  They say we get to choose our friends, but not our families; but for many of us, our friends are the very truest form of family we’ll ever have. Call them sistas...

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Why Broken Women Are The Strongest Women

She is beautiful because she is resilient, optimistic, and strong as long as she can be. At this point, we’ve all heard about the Japanese practice of Kintsugi, the art of repairing broken pottery with...

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What The Most Attractive Thing About You Is, According To Your Zodiac

Geminis are oh-so effervescent.  We’ve all met those people we feel drawn to, but can’t quite put our finger on why. They might not be the best looking people in the room, but there’s something so darn...

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4 Ways To Improve Your Self-Esteem, According To Science

Say hello to a happier, more confident you. It’s hard to be a woman today and not experience at least the odd uncomfortable pang of self-loathing. Our constant exposure to digitally-altered perfection...

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How I Learned To Stop Feeling Like A Failure At Adulting

I’m a perfectly imperfect person going through life, learning lessons and growing up along the way. I had one of those smack-you-in-the-face moments yesterday. I was sending an email to my real estate...

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This Is What It’s Like To Live With The Dark Side Of OCD

CN: This article contains descriptions of intrusive thoughts involving self-harm and CSA.  How many times have you heard someone refer to themselves as “being OCD” while they straightened up a picture...

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Why Is It So Hard To Go Easy On Myself?

I do things alone, even when I clearly need to ask for help. A couple weeks ago I got a stomach flu, and was completely incapacitated for 24 hours. The house was a mess, food was wasted, and my work...

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Whenever I Hate My Body, I Get Naked

My body is my body is my body is my body. On most days, I love my body. I did not come by this love naturally, or maybe I did and the world forced me to unlearn it — to replace that love with a disgust...

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Your Most Annoying Quality In One Word, According To Your Zodiac

Everyone knows Leos are total egotists… If you don’t subscribe to the zodiac, or aren’t a fan of brutal honesty, you should probably stop reading right now. There’s really only one word in this entire...

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29 Things You Can Do To Become Better At Self-Care

Because if you don’t take care of you first, you won’t be able to take care of anyone else. In case no one’s ever let you know this; you are the most important person in your life. Yep, you. Not your...

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11 Everyday Things That Are Every Introvert’s Idea Of Hell

Get. Me. Out. Of. Here. The world is ill-equipped to handle us introverts. Not everyone takes delight in posting selfies to social media and spending their TGIFs in crowded bars rubbing shoulders with...

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17 Quotes About Friendship To Send To Your Best Friend

“A good friend will help you move, but a true friend will help you move a body.” Friends are special people. They understand us on a level not even our romantic partners can. And they love us in spite...

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Money Actually CAN Buy Happiness – But Only Up To A Point

When it comes to happiness, is money overrated, or underrated? If you grew up without much money, like I did, I’m willing to bet that you spend a lot of time thinking about money. It’s one of those...

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Nothing In My Life Is Turning Out How I Planned, And I’ve Never Been Happier

Sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about the future. Maybe we all do that – but having weathered a fairly traumatic childhood, I feel like...

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7 Things You Do When You Live Your Life With Total Authenticity

When you’re doing it, you’ll feel it. The term ‘authenticity’ gets a lot of buzz these days. But what does it really mean? Since I was little, people have been telling me to ‘be yourself!’ – but in the...

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