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Reframe to enhance your feelings and actions
Turn reframing into a habit to help you feel better and act more effectively.
Plan ahead for obstacles
Use an 'If-Then' approach to prepare for anticipated roadblocks as you pursue your goals.
Mastering personal goal setting
How to set effective goals based on your underlying motivation.
How to make exercise into a habit
Explore effective techniques to establish exercise as a regular habit in your life.
Harness the power of the fresh start effect
Use the psychology of a clean slate to boost your chances of successful behavior change.
To win debates, set the frame
Winning a debate isn’t about better arguments—it’s about controlling how the debate is framed.
Breaking free from cognitive distortions
Unmask and challenge the thought traps that hold you back from emotional freedom.
Uncover the unhelpful beliefs behind your difficult feelings
Understand the messages of your feelings to achieve greater emotional freedom.
Harnessing the power of shame
Open up about your shame and let it lead you to what you truly want.
The Decision Matrix: Prioritizing decisions by their impact
How to use consequentiality and reversibility to improve decision-making.
Disappointment equals expectation minus reality
Techniques for managing disappointment and developing a more resilient mindset.
Harnessing self-determination for personal growth
How autonomy, competence, and relatedness boost motivation and well-being.
Feelings are not facts
Separate your subjective feelings from the objective facts of a situation.
Liberating yourself from “shoulds”
How to shift your focus from what you think you should do to what you truly want.
Systems trump goals
Achieve more by focusing less on goals and more on systems to achieve them.
Handling ambiguous social situations
Reframe negative interpretations into more positive perspectives.
Zooming out: Dealing with intense feelings by taking a step back
Discover how creating some distance can help you better manage powerful emotions.
How to stop obsessing about the future
Transform “what if” anxieties into actionable “if, then” scenarios.
Overcoming the fear of failure
Reframe your mindset and shift your focus to see failure as a stepping stone to personal growth.
Maximize your productivity using the Eisenhower Matrix
Find out how to eliminate non-essential tasks and focus on what matters.