humanbehavior
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Don’t Waste Your Time With These Terrible Diet Tips
It’s the new year and everybody’s on a diet — I mean, a wellness journey. Whether you want to lose weight or not is none of my business, but I do beg you to please, please let all the following silly weight loss “hacks” die. Many of them verge on disordered eating behaviours, while others…
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Stop Adding Friends to Your Relationship Fights
During an argument, you might feel that you need help from a family member or friend to help find some middle ground with your partner. While asking for support from a third party might sound like a good idea, it can also be a sign of triangulation, which is a form of emotional manipulation.
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How to Prevent ‘Human-Giver Syndrome’ This Holiday Season
The season of giving can be…a lot. As much as you want to do all the things (buy all the presents, go to all the light displays, attend all the parties), if you do, you risk burn out. In addition, you are likely doing a lot of things for others, often, (but not always) if…
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The Best Ways to Respond to Unfair Feedback at Work
Early in my career I had an interaction with a boss I now regret. She began by saying, “I want to give you some feedback on your work.” With a list in front of her, she began to describe all the things she felt I had been doing poorly. She made little eye contact and…