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Here’s a collection of the top 100 most visited articles at The Emotion Machine.

1. 50 Stress Relievers That Take 5 Minutes or Less

2. 50 Life Questions With No Easy Answers

3. How You Speak Is Just As Important As What You Say

4. 50 Tips to Maximize Productivity

5. Quotes on Criticism

6. 75 Affirmations for Personal Development

7. 8 Biases That Cripple Smart Decision-Making

8. Quotes on Meaning

9. 100 Breaths Meditation

10. Turn Life Into Flow

11. How to Deal With Stupid People

12. How to Take Criticism Like a Champ

13. What Makes People Happy?

14. 6 Aspects of a Balanced Person

15. This Too Shall Pass: A Lesson in Impermanence

16. 5 Lessons I Learned in School and Now Want to Forget

17. Classification of Emotions

18. Power of the Pen: 5 Scientific Reasons to Write More

19. Social Anxiety and the Amygdala

20. 50 Things to Do While Unemployed

21. You Have to Be Happy Before You Make Someone Else Happy

22. The Psychology of Laughter

23. Reframing Approach Anxiety

24. Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity

25. Emotions Are a Resource, Not a Crutch

26. Reflection Improves Learning

27. Depression Is Just A Stepping Stone

28. Things Could Be Worse: The Stoic’s Guide to Happiness

29. 50 Ways to Constructively Channel Negative Emotions

30. How Do You Know When to End a Relationship?

31. Know Your Passion: 5 Identifiers

32. Urge Surfing: How to Overcome Addictive Behaviors

33. Stress: Portrait of a Killer

34. Quick Tips for Reframing

35. How to Change Habits with 20 Minutes of Visualization

36. Keep Your Goals to Yourself?

37. 10 Personal Development Blogs You Should Check Out

38. Self-Talk Can Improve Sports Performance

39. 5 Steps Toward Regaining Consciousness

40. Beliefs and Your Map of Reality

41. How Your Brain Reacts to Mistakes Depends on Your Mindset

42. Create a Timeline to Better Envision Your Goals

43. The Benefits of Mindfulness

44. The Dark Sides of Our Digital Self

45. Blur the Line Between Work and Play

46. STOP: Daily Injections of Mindfulness

47. Social Anxiety and CBT

48. Stop Beating Yourself Up Over Past Mistakes

49. The Myth of Overnight Success

50. Brain Workshop: Free Brain Training Software



51. Things Could Be Worse: The Stoics Guide to Happiness

52. How to Create Your Own Self-Hypnosis Audio

53. Flourish: A New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being

54. The Biopsychsocial Model

55. What is Personal Development?

56. 6 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Going to Fail

57. How to Overcome Awkward Phases of Self-Improvement

58. Healthy Self-Esteem: An Alternative to Self-Pity vs. Narcissism

59. Re-visiting Your Goals and Aspirations

60. Everyone Needs a Creative Endeavor

61. Mindfulness Practice: 10 Minutes of Sound

62. 12 Tips to Help Make a Decision

63. Learn from Guilt and Improve Your Relationships

64. How to Make Girls Chase: An Interview with Chase Amante

65. This Is Just Who I Am

66. The Problem with Black and White Thinking

67. Empathy and Evolution

68. Objectless Meditation

69. Money On My Mind: Tips for Financial Wellness

70. The Curse of Familiarity

71. Downsides to Happiness

72. The Purpose of Thinking

73. The Uses and Abuses of Setting Deadlines

74. How to Be a Better Opportunist

75. Permission to Be Negative

76. Unschooling: Rekindling the Desire to Learn

77. How to Create a Less Stressful Work Environment

78. Try One Small Habit Change – Just for This Week

79. The Desire to Change People

80. Perspective-Taking: A Tool for Building Stronger Relationships

81. Minimalism and Money

82. Practice Is More Important Than Theory

83. You Create Your Own Meaning in Life

84. Slow Breathing Exercise for Reducing Anxiety

85. Fake Smiles at Work May Be Unhealthy

86. How We Find Motivation in Other People’s Struggles

87. How to Practice Interconnectedness Through Empathy

88. NLP and Creativity

89. Positive Peer Pressure

90. The Wrong Way to Help People

91. Be Interested in Everyone

92. 50 Commons Things We Procrastinate On

93. Cancel Your RSVP to the Pity Party

94. Change Without Trying

95. Only Living in the Moment – And Why It Can Be Dangerous

96. Transcendent Man

97. Bare Essentials of My Minimalist Workout

98. How Fictional Social Hierarchies Can Hurt Our Relationships

99. The Power of No Expectations

100. The Benefits of Creating Positive Relationships