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How to Become Motivated

By geske1221

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This article will help motivate you to accomplish your goals. Motivation is the key to victory. It may be hard sometimes but with the right attitude you can do anything you can imagine... more »

How to burn time while sitting in a car.

By Travis Hoskins

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When sitting in your vehicle waiting for someone or something to happen. Your patience can become highly short. Especially if it is going to be over an hour... more »

How to calm yourself while being drove nuts!

By Travis Hoskins

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Are you surrounded by people at times who just seem to drive you freaking nuts? I can tell you that I am... more »

How to Change Your Inner Voices And Reach For Success

By srhgompf

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Have you ever been impeded by your inner voices? You know the ones. They tell you that you’re not smart enough, talented enough or good enough to accomplish the things you set out to do. They sabotage your success. Have you ever wondered ... more »

How to Cheer Up a Female Colleague from Work

By Razvan Dobre

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What can you do if a female colleague from work is sad and depressed? How can you cheer her up? Here are 7 tips on how to do that:.. more »

How to Cheer Up a Male Collegue from Work

By Razvan Dobre

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What can you do if one of your male colleagues from work is a little sad? Here are some tips on how to cheer him up:.. more »

How to Choose a Child Psychiatrist

By NinaH

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If your family is looking for a child psychiatrist, you may well have a crisis and will need to act fast and know what you're looking for. While you may not have many options, you can still use your judgment and make some choices. Psychiatry is a ... more »

How to Combat Forgetfulness

By Kristy Pruitt

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Forgetfulness is a very common problem. It’s easy to forget some of the simplest things, especially when you lead a busy life. You may think that there’s nothing you can do to get rid of forgetfulness, but there are lots of things that can help. ... more »

How to Communicate Feelings Without Self Harm

By eHow Health Editor

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Communication is the key to any healthy and open relationship. However, sometimes these communications have to be honest and frank for the general well being of the relationship and the people in it. Nevertheless, a person must be careful that ... more »

How to Compare Distress and Eustress

By eHow Health Editor

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When you think about stress, it is almost always the negative or "bad" sort of stress: distress. Distress is, unfortunately, something we all experience from time to time. However, stress can also be positive. Eustress, or "good" stress, is also ... more »

How to Control Anger

By Hapworth

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We've all experienced anger whether it's frustration in traffic, worry for our children, or a direct attack from an individual. Anger can be mild irritation or it can be extreme rage that is uncontrollable. What can we do to control anger, so ... more »

How to Control Anger

By meemee67

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Anger is natural. We all get frustrated and stressed out. At times we feel misunderstood, confused and frustrated. It's perfectly human. Sometimes, our anger gets the best of us. We lost control and allow a debate to become a fight. We allow ... more »

How to CONTROL YOUR AGE!

By BobbiK

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How many of us are prisoners of our age? Personally, I enjoy celebrating birthdays - some more than others :) I have a tip for people that wish they could be happy about reaching a certain age, rather than being depressed about their ... more »

How to Control Your Big Mouth

By Telika

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Do you realize that you often hurt feelings of others because stupid things fly out of your mouth? Do you embarrass yourself often because of the things you say? Is your marriage starting to suffer because your spouse is sick of your mouth? Here ... more »

How to Control Your Time Wisely

By IcyCucky

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Recently, I have noticed that I spend way too much time on the internet checking email, answering emails, forwarding emails, reading interesting articles, looking at beautiful photographs, and at the end I have not accomplished what I want to do. ... more »

How to Cope Psychologically With the Mid-Winter Blues

By Write-At-Home

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This is the time of year when the long, cold, dark days of winter become tiresome. Here's how to cope... more »

How to cope with change

By darrenmccbe

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Coping with change can be difficult at times but help is always around... more »

How to Cope with Depression

By jayager

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Feeling down or blue at times is normal but depression lasts longer and has a greater impact on a person's life. You just can't "snap out of it" and you have lost interest in day to day activities. Depression may come from an emotional ... more »

How to Cope With Homesickness When Missing Someone

By eHow Health Editor

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Whether you're away at camp or college, on a business trip or in a new city, you're sure to feel even more homesick if you're also missing a friend or family member. Cope with the separation with strategies to help you keep in touch, but keep ... more »

How to cope with Postpartum Depression

By AmandaChase

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Depression can be described as being blue, down in the dumps, sad, out of place, or impartial to what you would consider your normal self. Depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year after delivery is called perinatal depression. The ... more »

How to Cope with Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

By xtraordinary

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Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is also commonly referred to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is a type of depression that follows the seasons, and is most commonly associated with the winter months. Summer SAD is much less ... more »

How to Cope with the Sudden Death of a Parent

By anomolara

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While the death of a friend or loved one is always difficult, the sudden, unexpected death of a parent or guardian can be especially traumatic. I have compiled this how-to from personal experience. Here are six simple steps that you can take to ... more »

How to Create a Peace Calendar for 2008

By Lance Orndorff

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You may think that living in a world that contains war, crime, bill collectors, divorce, road-rage, job lay-offs, disease, liars and cheats makes finding Peace in your life near impossible. But what you will learn here is that having Peace in ... more »

How to Create Powerful Affirmations

By Michael Murphy

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Follow these simple steps to creating affirmations that affect a powerful, whole brain experience.. more »

How to Deal With a Bad Day

By Pithiny

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This may sound odd, but If I'm REALLY having a Bad Day or a Bad Week, I don't try to make it better, I try like heck to make it worse! -- Before you scoff, follow the logic below. This works for me--by "works" I mean I actually look ... more »