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Dealing with people who exhibit passive-aggressive behavior is easily one of the most challenging aspects of our social lives. Here’s what you need to know about this annoying personality quirk and how you can handle people who express their hostility in indirect and backhanded ways. Interacting with passive-aggressive (PA) people is something many of us […]

It’s never too late to start over. To hit the pause button. Breathe. Then begin again.   You don’t need to lose yourself in the shuffle, get caught up in your mistakes and your fears and your anxieties. You don’t have to hold onto your anger or your sadness and carry it with you in […]

If you have a hard time shutting down at the end of the day, you’re not alone. Most of us have a habit of letting the workday linger. To keep this from happening, assign a specific place and time for your unfinished business.   This tip comes from research published in the Journal of Occupational […]

Adjusting to life after having a baby is not easy. On top of learning how to take care of this tiny human, you also have to learn to juggle the numerous responsibilities you had before becoming a mother for the first, second or third time. Some employers offer family or maternity leave for their colleagues […]

Your critics aren’t always going to be the nicest people to interact with. To take the criticism effectively without the emotional hit to the self-esteem, ignore how it’s delivered. When a critic gives you their opinion, the first natural reaction is to respond emotionally. It doesn’t feel great when someone tells you all your flaws. […]

By Samin Razzaghi for YourTango I recently read an article on YourTango about what it’s really like to be the mom of a bullied child. What’s so disheartening is that the experience of that mom and her daughter is SO much more common in our schools and communities than we want to believe.Before I was a life coach in private practice, I had the chance to work with teen […]

By Samin Razzaghi for YourTango I recently read an article on YourTango about what it’s really like to be the mom of a bullied child. What’s so disheartening is that the experience of that mom and her daughter is SO much more common in our schools and communities than we want to believe.Before I was a life coach in private practice, I had the chance to work with teen […]

Here’s the funny thing about success–no one can agree what the word means. The definition of the good life varies from person to person, as one individual prioritizes career glory while another values a nurturing home life.That means there’s no way to be successful without first deciding what you mean by the term. But it […]

Being the night shift nurse is a grueling job. Though, it is the shift many nurses start on in their career. I have worked as a labor and delivery nurse for the last 10 years, 8 of them on the night shift. I have come up with these 5 tips that helped me get through […]

A growing body of literature is now addressing the collision of the digital age with the rapidly advancing sciences of parenting, brain development and reading acquisition.   In March the Deseret News highlighted a new book by Dan Willingham at the University of Virginia on raising kids who enjoy reading. More recently the Deseret News […]

Your workplace’s culture has a huge impact on your happiness and success, which is why it’s important to suss out a company’s values, norms, and practices before you take a new job. To do this, Adam Grant, a professor of management at Wharton who wrote the forthcoming book “Originals,” writes in The New York Times […]

Most of your working hours are probably taken up by someone else. Your boss or your clients want you to do their stuff. If you’re not happy with your situation, give yourself one hour a day where the only boss you have is you. Personal finance site My Money Blog relays this handy advice from […]