Personal Life Archives

Physical Activity & Mental Health: How Exercise Treats the Mind

Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey reveals the link between physical activity and mental health. Learn how exercise can treat five conditions.

What’s your reason for getting up every morning? Here’s why finding your ikigai will give your life meaning, motivation, and fulfillment.

Movement might be the closest thing we have to a miracle cure. Learn four powerful reasons why we need exercise—especially in today’s world.

Knowing yourself and how motivation works can help you develop strategies that work for you. Learn how to motivate yourself to exercise.

Are you sabotaging your own success? Here’s how to use the Japanese practice of hansei to identify and overcome these sabotaging behaviors.

To make an exercise plan, figure out what types of exercise to do, how much to do, and when to introduce new training styles. Here’s how.

Taking a chance can be scary, but that’s how investors and gamblers have found success. We explain how with Nate Silver’s the River concept.

If you wonder how much exercise is enough but not too much, we’ve sorted out the varied voices on the matter. Take a look.

The Japanese philosophy of kaizen means continuous improvement through small, manageable steps. Here’s how to practice it.

Do you want to do something that actually matters in your life and the world? Discover how you can find meaningful work with a purpose.