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Renew, Release, Refresh: Tips to Up-Level Your Life This Spring

Renew, Release, Refresh: Tips to Up-Level Your Life This Spring

by Lauren Jonik Living in the northeastern US, Spring always feels especially welcome. The cold, snowy days of March transform into the rainy days of April. The hardness of the once frozen ground slowly gives way to softness. But, in order for the flowers to bloom, they must grow through mud, up, up, up towards the sun, towards where the light and warmth are. The metaphor is not lost on me: growth is sometimes hard, sometimes, messy, but as I…

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Attract, Engage, Inspire: Coach Jenna Armato on how to keep your support system strong

Attract, Engage, Inspire: Coach Jenna Armato on how to keep your support system strong

After spending 20 years working in advertising and marketing, Jenna Armato became a coach, speaker and trainer. Jenna shared with us tips for staying motivated a few weeks ago. Now, she returns with easy, actionable steps for building a support network (and why that’s crucial!), improving your communication skills and maintaining (or rediscovering) your passion. Positive change doesn’t have to be hard—it just has to be initiated. Lauren Jonik: You recently took the professional leap of leaving a corporate job…

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Hepatitis B: Living with a Mystery

Hepatitis B: Living with a Mystery

by Katherine Clarke So often, when I tell people I have chronic Hepatitis B, they become very serious. Of course they do — it’s a serious disease. But I know without asking them that they are really thinking of Hepatitis C. (The confusion is understandable. The names differ by one letter, but the illnesses are very different.) And when they ask, “but don’t they have a cure for that, now?” I sigh, because there are 800,000-1.4 million people in the United…

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Something from Nothing: How to Use What Bothers You to Fuel Creativity and Inspire Positive Change

Something from Nothing: How to Use What Bothers You to Fuel Creativity and Inspire Positive Change

by: Katy Farber I don’t have to tell you that we live in a deeply divided and troubling world. It is a constant barrage of mostly unsettling, disturbing, and upsetting news. But it is also the most connected world we have ever lived in, and every single person alive right now has a chance to tell their stories. Like most people, I have a long list of issues that concern me greatly. In my writing workshops, I like to help…

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Winter Blahs Have You Down? Coach Jenna Armato Shares Simple, Easy Steps For Staying Motivated

Winter Blahs Have You Down? Coach Jenna Armato Shares Simple, Easy Steps For Staying Motivated

Lauren Jonik: The new year is typically a time when people are inspired to set new intentions and think about their goals for the coming months. Often, it seems the challenge for many people is not thinking of areas in need of improvement, but adopting new practices to make intentions reality. What are some steps people can take to create change that lasts? Jenna Armato: The first step toward being intentional is focusing on the journey and not just the…

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