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Martha Beck

As humans, we both fear and long for intimacy. If you are looking for ways to overcome your fear of intimacy, try these tips.

Do you struggle with making decisions? Is indecision keeping you paralyzed? Learn how you can actively choose the life you want by listening to your body and heart.

Worrying comes easily (and often) to many of us. But worrying is worrisome: it causes stress and we all know stress can kill you. Here are 10 things you have permission to stop worrying about.

If anyone in your life is exploiting your courtesy and goodwill, it's time you learned how to stand up for yourself. It requires the courage to know and follow your own truth, while also staying transparent, authentic, and open. Here are some tips.

There's no specific medical disorder called burnout, but every doctor knows that prolonged stress has negative consequences. Find out the several levels of burnout to discover where you might fall—and learn five important pieces of advice to restore the balance you need.

Why do our actions so often not match our ideals? There is research to back up why we do things that aren't good for us, such as postponing work, playing computer games, and eating hotel minibar food. The good news is we can get back on track. Here are the do's and don'ts for closing the gap.

Most of us occasionally dream about being embarrassed in social settings. But even in waking life, many of us operate as if the neighbors might gossip or the critics might sneer. We suffer this untold shame and create smaller, weaker, less zestful lives than we deserve. These efforts to avoid embarrassment often keep us from imagining—let alone fulfilling—the measure of our destiny. Keep reading to learn more about how to free yourself from the glare of self-consciousness.

We are undergoing a transformation of human consciousness. In Eckhart Tolle's image, blossoms are opening in individual human beings all over our flower-field of a planet. This is beyond exciting, but it's also terrifying if you are going through it. Here are a couple of concepts to calm and comfort us all.

Yearning is a valuable indication of our best future, but it contains an energy that can push away our dreams away even as it tries to pull them towards us. Learn key to understanding how you can use the positive aspects of yearning while avoiding the negative.