Spring Cleaning can be overwhelming. I like to split up the work into manageable parts to accomplish each day or week. Let’s be realistic here! So to make this post a little more manageable, we’ve split the Spring cleaning tips into sections: 16 Cleaning Hacks for the Kitchen 8 Cleaning Hacks for the Living Room 7 Cleaning Hacks for the Bedroom 11 Cleaning Hacks for the Bathroom 6 Cleaning Hacks for the Laundry Room 10 Homemade Cleaners and Cleaning Hacks 7 Spring Cleaning Resources...

Clarify Your Strands With Grey Hair Shampoo What exactly is grey hair shampoo? Well, these shampoos work to cleanse and protect your delicate strands against day-to-day factors that can lead to damage. Not only do they protect against pollutants, but they also help to give your greying locks a strengthening boost to keep them hydrated and durable for even the toughest of hair days. It’s pretty hard to find a grey hair shampoo that works for your hair....

Want to go bold with color? Here are three bold pixie cuts we’ve spotted on the street style scene: Bold Pixie Cuts: 3 Cool Colors for Your Crop 1. Peachy Blonde Whoever said blonde isn’t for everyone, didn’t realize there’s a spectrum of blonde shades you can choose from. This bleach blonde color with a hint of peach has a nice contrast against olive skin tones and it would also complement darker skin tones as well....

“But nobody can run fast enough to escape their own worries,” says Williams. Williams is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford, and he co-founded Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) with his colleagues Zindel Segal and John Teasdale. The MBCT program is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. MBCT is designed for people who suffer from recurring bouts of depression. In the clip below, Williams gives a brief history of stress and how mindfulness counteracts the common tendency we have to bluster through the day....

This finding is supported by four separate studies that tested different exposure scenarios. In each study the researchers the primary focus was on whether or not people with high “moral identity” (“the degree to which a person’s moral character is experienced as a central part of his or her overall self-concept”) are more susceptible to experiencing “moral elevation.” The study defines moral elevation as an experience that consists of “distinctive feeling of warmth and expansion that is accompanied by admiration, affection, and even love for the person (or people) whose exemplary behavior is being observed....

Any picture-perfect image of the holidays we build up in our minds, filled with expectations of how life should be, rarely gets met for long. It’s easy to get caught in the mental trap of the “the comparing mind.” We might think to ourselves: This is how things are—and this is what I picture they should be. We strive to recreate images of holiday bliss, and it exhausts us. Illusions portrayed in shows, movies, in our friend’s social feeds, or holiday advertisements set our more complex reality into disturbing relief....

Below, we created a quick guide for taming edges in the comfort of your own home. Read on to find out our easy tips and to get inspired: Taming Edges: Quick Tips for Natural Hair 1. Use strong-hold gel products. In order for your edges, or baby hairs to stay in place, use a gel, like Emerge Style Goals Gel, to smooth hair in place. This gel has a strong hold to create styles like sleek buns, ponytails and more....

65% of Americans are not able to make time for themselves in a day and many feel unbalanced. A recent news report looks at how business leaders, politicians, and educators are using mindfulness to cope with stress. The news report includes interviews with Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), author of A Mindful Nation, and Tara Brach, a long-time meditation practitioner. To watch the report, click here.

The reasons we gather are as varied as we are, says Parker. “We gather to solve problems we can’t solve on our own. We gather to celebrate, to mourn, and to mark transitions. We gather to make decisions. We gather because we need one another. We gather to show strength.” But often, we skip a few necessary steps when organizing gatherings, with lackluster results. Events flourish when they’re built on thoughtfulness, structure, curiosity, and generosity of spirit, says Parker....

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It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion....

The Mindful Kitchen: Enjoy Avocado Mindfully With a fork, mash an avocado until you get it to a fairly smooth consistency. Take a taste on its own, then throw in a pinch of salt and notice how it affects the flavor. Next, add a squeeze of lemon juice and take another taste. What does the acidity add or alter? Does it affect how the avocado feels on your tongue? Savor this marriage of buttery and tangy on its own or follow the popular trend and spread it on a piece of toast....

When we lose awareness of the present moment, our minds get stuck in maladaptive ways of thinking. For example, you might be trying to go to sleep but your mind gets lost thinking about all the groceries you need to buy. Deep, relaxed breathing is forgotten. And once you realize sleep isn’t happening, your muscles tense and your thought process quickly shifts to “I’m not falling asleep! I have XYZ to do this week and I won’t be able to function tomorrow....

In all seriousness, these three products will change your hair game for the better. Curious to know which products made it to the hair styling product guide for guys? Read on to find out and to hear our best tips for how to make the most of them: The Hair Styling Product Guide for Guys 1. Boost your strands. You add protein to your smoothies, a spritz or two of cologne to your night-out outfits and extra weights to your lifting routine....

The behavior of saying yes to things we know we either don’t want to or are unable to do is called “hedging.” It consists of using phrases like “I don’t know,” “maybe,” and “we’ll see,” when really your answer is, unequivocally, no. When we hedge, our intentions (most times) are good. At work, we hedge to avoid disappointing others—like our customers, our managers, and our coworkers. It’s easy to feel that if you say no to a request at work you’ll be perceived as selfish or rude, or that it might impact your performance review....

The brain is a highly efficient energy demanding organ that gets fully utilized and, even though it is at full capacity being used, it suffers from a problem of information overload. There’s far too much in the environment than it can fully process. So to solve this problem of overload evolution devised a solution, which is the brain’s attention system. Attention allows us to notice, select, and direct the brain’s computational resources to a subset of all that’s available....

Susan David, Ph.D.: “In South Africa, where I come from, “sawubona” is the Zulu word for “hello.” There’s a beautiful and powerful intention behind the word because “sawubona” literally translated means, “I see you, and by seeing you, I bring you into being.” So beautiful, imagine being greeted like that. But what does it take in the way we see ourselves? Our thoughts, our emotions and our stories that help us to thrive in an increasingly complex and fraught world?...

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There aren’t many personality traits that reference Greek mythology, in this case Narcissus, the beautiful young hunter who disdained human relationships and instead fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. While over 2,000 years would seem to be enough time to figure out where narcissists’ extreme self-love comes from, and what they think and feel and believe deep down, the study of narcissism is still shot through with controversies and unknowns....