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Stress
Intermittent News Fasting Is Good for Your Health

Gregg Levoy on June 1, 2023

The greater your news consumption, the greater your exposure to mental and physical stress. Here’s how to reduce your intake.

The greater your news consumption, the greater your exposure to mental and physical stress. Here’s how to reduce your intake.

Relationships
The Truth About “I Statements”

Gregg Levoy on May 2, 2023

The popular formula of making I-statements rather than you-statements can lessen defensive reactions, but they can still backfire. Here's how to minimize that possibility.

The popular formula of making I-statements rather than you-statements can lessen defensive reactions, but they can still backfire. Here's how to minimize that possibility.

Fear
The Power of Stepping Into the Unknown

Gregg Levoy on April 4, 2023

A Personal Perspective: In hanging on to the familiar, we have what’s familiar. In letting go, we surrender ourselves to whatever comes next.

A Personal Perspective: In hanging on to the familiar, we have what’s familiar. In letting go, we surrender ourselves to whatever comes next.

Attention
Our Real Attention Deficit: The Hunger for Attention

Gregg Levoy on February 1, 2023

The downside of attention-seeking behavior is the belief that it’s not how we feel about ourselves that matters but how other people feel about us.

The downside of attention-seeking behavior is the belief that it’s not how we feel about ourselves that matters but how other people feel about us.

Creativity
Dancing in the Streets: The Value of Collective Joy

Gregg Levoy on October 7, 2022

Collective effervescence is the contagious euphoria, energy and sense of belonging people feel when they join in a shared purpose or vision

Collective effervescence is the contagious euphoria, energy and sense of belonging people feel when they join in a shared purpose or vision

Aging
The Nurture of Passion as You Age

Gregg Levoy on September 6, 2022

Growing older rather than just getting older takes into account that new parts of you are always clamoring for airtime.

Growing older rather than just getting older takes into account that new parts of you are always clamoring for airtime.

Narcissism
Talkaholism: What It Is and How to Deal With It

Gregg Levoy on May 2, 2022

When the hunger to communicate goes into overdrive—becoming a barrier rather than a connector—here’s what you need to understand about it.

When the hunger to communicate goes into overdrive—becoming a barrier rather than a connector—here’s what you need to understand about it.

Burnout
The Trouble With Trying to Change the World

Gregg Levoy on January 4, 2022

Do you fear that all your hard work isn’t making enough of a difference? Everyone's threshold of what is “enough” of a contribution to the world is different.

Do you fear that all your hard work isn’t making enough of a difference? Everyone's threshold of what is “enough” of a contribution to the world is different.

Self-Help
What the Search for a Soulmate is Really About

Gregg Levoy on October 25, 2021

What we seek isn't just the love of another, however soul-satisfying, but an experience of our own wholeness and sacredness; to become the person we already know ourselves to be.

What we seek isn't just the love of another, however soul-satisfying, but an experience of our own wholeness and sacredness; to become the person we already know ourselves to be.

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