‘The weight of expectation was crippling’:How to avoid choking at the Olympics
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‘The weight of expectation was crippling’:How to avoid choking at the Olympics

The Olympic Games are unique – and so is the pressure that comes with racing in them. Not everyone finds a way to handle it.

  • byGreg Baum

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Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson

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  • byMichael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
The only life coaches I’d hire are long dead or too busy
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The only life coaches I’d hire are long dead or too busy

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  • byCherie Gilmour
Know a man who has recently separated? It might be worth checking in

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Sexual assault shattered a decade of my life when I should have been forming healthy attachments.

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The big difference between exercising good judgment and being judgy

The big difference between exercising good judgment and being judgy

There are few benefits to being judgmental of others. So,here’s how to avoid it.

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‘I don’t know’:Why opting out of conversations has become a social media crime
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‘I don’t know’:Why opting out of conversations has become a social media crime

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  • byCharlotte Mortlock
Mental health professionals used to be wary of apps. Now,they prescribe them

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  • byMary Ward
The nine signs that your friendship may be toxic

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‘Rid your life of anything that does not spark joy’. I’m starting with Marie Kondo

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