positive thinking

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Name it to Savour It

While naming negative emotions weakens their intensity (affect labelling), studies show that naming positive emotions increased their intensity.

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Why Expectations Change Experience… and How to Change Yours

Expectation shapes perception across many domains – from taste and pain to performance and wellbeing. Here’s the science and some ways to work with your own expectation.

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Why Unfinished Tasks Drain Your Energy

The Zeigarnik Effect is how unfinished tasks tend to stick around and take up space in our minds. Knowing this, we can free up mental space by making notes and plans.

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Change What You Do by Changing Who You Are

Science is beginning to show that lasting change is less about what you do and more about who you believe you are.

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