Imperfect Spirituality

How to connect to the energy of everyday life

Polly Campbell

How to Face Adversity Like a Champion

Do you have the mindset of a champion? By taking a positive approach to adversity you might just succeed when others fail.

Will You...?

You might be able to boost motivation by asking a simple question. Will you try it?

Why You Should Celebrate Everything

How a mini-celebration of even the smallest thing might just be the thing to boost your mood.

Easy Ways to Curb Cravings

Cravings making you crazy? A feel simple habits can help you ease the urge to eat.

Effort Can Reveal Work, Life Passions

A little extra effort may be the surprising way to discover your life's passion.

Abstract Ideas Lead to Real-World Resilience

Your ability to bounce back from challenge may be all in your imagination.

4 Things to Do When Your Brain Is Tired

Mental fatigue can make it hard to focus and manage our moods. But a few simple tips can help prevent this kind of brain drain.

Why It's Good to Go Alone

Worries about what others will think can keep us couch bound. But you may be surprised what happens when you head out for some fun on your own.

How to Overcome a Bad First Impression

New ideas and information can change our first impressions and increase our opportunities.

4 Ways the Power of Suggestion Can Change Your Life

We are influenced by all kinds of things. But knowing that, we can use those external influences to shape success.

6 Ways to Get Your Swagger Back

The daily routine can leave us feeling stalled on the fast-track. But there are plenty of ways to get unstuck and feel greater satisfaction in life.

5 Ways to Bounce Back From Any Setback

Five ways to persist in the face of failure.

Gratitude in Tough Times

It's easy to be grateful when all is well, but gratitude is an important coping strategy to get you through the times when things are falling apart.

Five Ways to Become More Curious

Curiosity can help us create meaning, discover our passions, help us learn and even boost performance.

Managing Everyday Stressors Is Key to Health and Longevity

Three ways to ease the stress of traffic jams, work conflicts, household chores and any other daily stress

Making the Most of Your Mistakes

Imperfection is the common denominator in freedom, authenticity, and success.

Boredom and Other Ways to Get Creative

It takes creativity to manage life's daily demands, but if you feel like your creative spirit is lagging, don't worry. There are a few simple things you can do to access your coolest superpower and use it to help you with everything from parenting and juggling the family budget to motivating employees and creating art.

How to Get Things Done

Three strategies to help shrink that summer to-do list.

Are Your Beliefs About Money Keeping You Poor?

Just thinking about money can fill us with negative feeling. But there are some attitudes and habits that, research shows, can help us feel better about how we spend the dollars we do have.

How to Get Smarter

Cramming doesn't cut it, but studying info over time can help knowledge stick.

Why Sometimes We Should Just Walk Away

Quitting can be a success strategy when we disengage from one goal for another.

5 Ways to Find Quiet in a Chaotic Day

A few minutes alone can amp up your focus and productivity when you get back to work.

Your Success Depends on the Stories You Tell

The stories we tell about ourselves influence the lives we live -- but they are almost never helpful, or even true.

How Watching a Good Deed Elevates and Inspires

One little act of kindness has a far-reaching impact by inspiring spectators to do good too.

Ask Good Questions to Create Success

The questions you ask will determine the life you will live much more than any answers you get. By choosing good questions, you're more likely to create positive outcomes.

Self-Compassion Can Soothe the Inner Critic

Self-compassion sticks it to the inner schmuck

End the Self-Sabotage to Make Good on Your Dreams

We often get in the way of our own success, but you can change that by noticing a few of the more subtle ways we sabotage ourselves.

How a Simple Ritual Can Make You Feel Better

A short practice can elevate a mundane routine to a ritual and add meaning to our lives.

Writing May Help Preserve That Loving Feeling

It's not a love note, but it might make for a happier marriage.

Movement Can Help You Feel Better—Fast

By moving your body you can also shift your mood and move through stressful times rather than getting stuck in them.

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