Scientists say we enter a state of “flow” when we are fully absorbed in something we’re doing. Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi , a positive psychologist first came up with the term flow in the 1970s. His definition: “the mental state where we are so immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the […]
What possesses a healthy person to anonymously donate a kidney to a stranger? They will not be paid or rewarded. There will be no publicity. No public or even private praise. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Yet people do things like this. All the time. It would be amazing if these acts of generosity happened more […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness in 10 Weeks or Less, Week 4: What Is My Purpose? Answers to the Most Important Question Ever. Discovering what we were born to do is highly motivating and a key to improving our well-being. When we discover our life purpose, everything we do has more meaning, and even […]
For years, I thought happy people smiled often and were generally joyful. I also thought of them as being imbued with a sense of serenity and calm. Recently, I’ve come to realize that the graceful, steady state of being I’ve aspired to is not happiness at all. It is more aptly described by a different […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Week 7: Healthy Relationships. “Our relationship with ourselves sets the tone for every other relationship in our lives.” – Robert Holden This quote says it all! What a perfect way for us to start off this post, which focuses on healthy relationships. Truly, the nature of our relationship with […]
Comparisonitis, a modern-day affliction that plagues many of us in the age of social media and constant connectivity, is a pervasive yet subtle threat to our mental and emotional well-being. The practice of comparing ourselves to others can cast a shadow of inadequacy, discontent, and self-doubt that threatens to erode our sense of self-worth and […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Week 10: How to Take Generosity and Gratitude to the Next Level. It’s our final week in this 10-week journey together, and what an adventure it has been! We’ve covered a rich collection of topics to help us understand our own definition of happiness better, discover our life’s purpose, […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness in10 Weeks or Less, Week 9: How to Use Habits to Boost Happiness to New Heights. This week, we focus on the connections between habits and happiness. More specifically, we are going to explore how to use our natural tendency to develop habits to our best advantage by identifying […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Lesson 8: How to Use Money to Buy Happiness. We hope you are finding this series useful and interesting. Money and related issues are often at the root of our most difficult internal conflicts, and also out conflicts with loved ones. It’s important we get our financial house in […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Week 6. Blame: How to Uncover and Overcome This Negative Behavior. We hope you have found the last 5 weeks interesting and helpful. This week, we will focus on tackling another area of emotional baggage: blame. If blame plays a prominent role in our emotions, it can cast negativity […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Week 5. Shame: How to Uncover, Overcome and Release It Forever. We hope you have found the first four posts of this series helpful. In Week 5, we focus on how to leave some emotional baggage behind. In particular, we are going to cover a sensitive topic: our feelings […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Lesson 3. The Science of Happiness: How to Live Your Best Life. This installment in our How to Find Happiness series focuses on the science of happiness, including the components of happiness, what each means for us, facts we should know, myths we should ignore, and lessons that will […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Lesson 2. How to Explore Your Personal Energy Beyond Your Dreams. In Lesson 1, we focused on 5 key segments of well-being that contribute to a contented life. The exercises we did helped us understand areas of our lives where we are doing well, and other areas that may […]
Welcome to How to Find Happiness. We’re glad you’re here! This post is the introduction to a FREE life coaching series. The course consists of 10 lessons that each focus on a specific factor that contributes to personal happiness. In each lesson, we provide information and research on the topic, plus detailed workbook exercises to […]
