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Can Meditation Help Your Career?

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Looking for an edge at work? Want a leg up on the person down the hall who’s competing for the same promotion as you? You’ve already nailed the basics, through solid nutrition, exercising consistently, and building a strong network of coworkers who’ve got your back. The problem is, everyone else who’s working hard to move [...]

Learn Why Coffee Can Help You Live Longer

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Coffee is great for you. Or, wait, it’s actually really bad for you. Confusing right? That’s been the story from nutritionists for years. One day the bean is friend, the next it’s foe. Well, chalk one up for you coffee lovers, because one of the largest studies of it’s kind to date has just shown [...]

Socially Conscious Gifts for Mom this Mother’s Day

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Mother’s day is upon us, and if you haven’t gotten anything for the woman who brought you into the world, you’d better start shopping now.  Here’s a few ways to buy socially conscious gifts for Mom that she’ll love for two reasons;  first, they’re all great products.  Second, they “do good” either through eco-friendly ingredients [...]

Social Entrepreneurs Thrive While Doing Good

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The growing trend of social entrepreneurship is here to stay.  Sparked by a desire to do more than just succeed in their careers, social entrepreneurs work to solve a social problem as part of their corporate mission.  What exactly are social entrepreneurs?  As defined by Wikipedia: Social entrepreneurs recognize a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to [...]

Why You Need More Sleep, and How to Get It

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Not Getting Enough Sleep Leads to Health Problems and More Most Americans are falling short of the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night. Sure, you know you need more sleep, and just think that powering through your day tired is like wearing a badge of honor, showing others that you work hard and don’t [...]

Learn How Happiness Leads to Heart Health

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Need another reason to be happy? What if we said being happy and healthy are one in the same?  According to a recent study, this is exactly the case. People who are upbeat and optimistic seem to have healthier hearts. According to a Harvard review, analyzing dozens of studies which examined a person’s attitude and [...]