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Welcome to How to Find Happiness, Lesson 1, Well-Being: All You Need to Know about 5 Easy Pieces. This is the first in a series of 10 lessons that comprise a 100% free, personal growth coaching course. Each lesson includes information, coaching tips and workbook type exercises to help you assess aspects of your own […]
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Are Mistakes the Key to Happiness? Why You Need to Know Now Sometimes, making a mistake can have dire consequences. A doctor must choose the best procedure for a patient and execute it flawlessly. Engineers must develop cars without defects. Architects must design buildings that will not fall down. These things we know. But there […]
Privacy and Secrecy: How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy Our personal and professional lives continue to become increasingly exposed by technology and social media, and as a result, the concepts of privacy and secrecy have become more complex and significant than ever before. While privacy is a fundamental right that empowers us to control our […]
Arrested development is a psychological condition in which an individual’s emotional, social, or cognitive growth is halted at a specific stage, often due to trauma, neglect, or unresolved grief. This stagnation can manifest in adult behaviors that resemble earlier developmental phases, impacting relationships, decision-making, and emotional regulation.
Achieving intimacy in relationships takes trust and courage. Knowing we need to let others see all of us is just the beginning. After we realize and accept how critical it is to allow ourselves to be truly vulnerable, it’s still very hard to do. This is where the courage part comes in. It’s a huge […]
How to Make Good Decisions Without Stress We make decisions every day, from what we’re going to wear to how to approach a complex task at work. Decisions are a normal part of everyday life. However, our brain’s decision-making battery has finite power, and it can deplete rapidly. What does that mean, exactly? Essentially, the more […]
How to Make Great Decisions Each and Every Time We make so many decisions, all day, every day. Our brains call upon us to make choice after choice, often in a snap. To rise or hit the snooze? Shower or exercise. What should we wear? Eat breakfast or skip it? And these are the easy […]
How to Overcome People-Pleasing: Become Your Authentic Self A people-pleaser wants everyone to be happy. Everyone. All at the same time. Sounds unrealistic, right? To those of us who have this affliction, it’s our natural (almost uncontrollable) tendency (compulsion?) to pursue this unattainable goal. We are constantly trying to figure out everything we can do […]
We all want to be happy. Sometimes as we seek it, we forget how powerful we are. We can choose to be brave. That's important. Because courage and happiness are closely connected.
Do you ever find yourself craving a sense of purpose that ignites your soul and propels you forward with unwavering determination? When you learn to follow your heart, it often leads us to moments of genuine fulfillment and boundless joy. But in a world brimming with expectations and obligations, it’s all too easy to lose […]