TODAY

A new year is on the horizon, and if you’re feeling discouraged about your lack of progress or growth this year, it’s time to stop beating yourself up about it! A new year offers a fresh start, and a renewed focus on what matters to YOU. Over these next couple of weeks, take a minute to take inventory of what you hope to accomplish in 2019, and reflect on the good stuff that happened in 2018, too. New year, same you – with clear goals!

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Even when we know people’s names, why do we go for days without using them? By using someone’s name, you help them feel seen and acknowledged — and that’s an act of kindness. According to kindness.org’s research in collaboration with the University of Oxford, doing a kind act increases happiness, well-being, trust and compassion. And it can have the same powerful effect on those who receive the act. Try it, and put a smile on both your faces.

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Treatment cures boy’s neuroblastoma, leading to cancer breakthrough

Doctors gave Will Lacey a grim outlook after he was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, but Dr. Giselle Sholler, an expert on childhood cancer, was able to find success using a drug called DFMO. NBC’s Morgan Radford has this week’s Sunday Closer.

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