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It’s Not Me. It’s You
Winnie, a beautiful, musical, and timid African Grey who was apprehensive about people but loving once you gain her trust came to us last year from a local non-profit rescue, Parrot Education & Adoption Center, as a foster. She picked up Mozart’s Queen of the Night after hearing it just twice and improved my coloratura…
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Don’t go for quick fixes
True progress is hard and it takes time. In our society, it’ much easier and profitable to sell a false promise and easy way out. Lose 30 pounds in 30 days anyone? It certainly sounds more appealing than eat healthy, move your body, build muscles, etc. I’m going to put my daughter on the spot…
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Developing Emotional Intelligence in Children
Emotional Intelligence means we are in tune with our emotions and use this information to deal with them in the most effective and healthy way possible. The challenges of the past few weeks, and uncertainty of the near future is possibly some of the most emotionally difficult time you and your family have experienced. There…
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Don’t just talk a big game. Make it happen.
Imagine it was 1848, and you found the biggest gold mine, and told everyone about it. You were right—the motherload of gold was there, but you never carry through and took any action. Instead of living the rest of your life covered in gold, you watched people who heard about your discovery do the hard…
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The Constant of Change
“The grass is not greener on the other side. It’s greener where you water it.” I really like this quote. It’s human nature to complain, and not appreciate things until we lose them. When we complain, we are not living in the moment. Whatever situation you’re in, know what you have and make the most…
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What Is Resilience?
Resilience, the ability to adapt, tolerate stress, and bounce from failure and adversity, is an invaluable inner strength and a crucial determinant of ultimate success. The strength of resilience can transform inevitable life struggles into opportunities for growth. Even though this strength can be honed throughout adulthood, intentionally cultivating resilience from a young age elevates…
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MyCuraJOY Infographics
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What is MyCuraJOY?
MyCuraJOY is an incentive-tied, science-based gamified experience for personal growth that helps people as young as elementary school to set goals, track progress, review performance, think positively and live out their dreams. Personal goals are turned into quests at MyCuraJOY, and users benefit from all proven effective productivity and success methods automatically applied to their…
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Shining Moments Writing Contest Winner Announced
Congratulations to Colin Witkowskic, who is the winner of our Spring Shining Moments Writing Contest. We’ve been trying to reach you to regarding your winner’s prize, but your schools email account has been rejecting external emails. Please get in touch with us or ask a parent to email us at info@curaJOY.com so we can deliver…
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Goal Setting Tools
Creating and setting goals is great, but actually achieving them can be much harder. Using the proven goal setting exercises discussed in this article can help you not only in setting an achievable goal, but also in the individual steps and processes needed to achieve it. The way we spend our lives, those seemingly small…
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Too Many Quests? Exercises For Elucidation
Studies have shown writing about positive life goals topics to be hugely beneficial for our well-being and help us achieve our goals, so take some time to explore your future self and what you want to accomplish with the exercises below. In 2001, King asked students to write about either a traumatic experience, their best…
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How much do questers get paid?
Below is a chart of exactly how treasure chests are rewarded at the end of a quest. MyCuraJOY’s payout rate is designed specifically to maximize motivation and facilitate behavior change. It’s also important to note that MyCuraJOY doesn’t require 100% success for full treasure chest award qualification. Perfectionism impedes long-term personal growth, and we value…