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Positive Reappraisal: Far More Than Optimism
While re-framing, optimism, and positivity all are aspects of positive reappraisal, at its heart positive reappraisal is much more. Properly done, positive reappraisal is a…
April 14, 2022
Does Happiness Take Work?
The short answer is: “Yes, sometimes, even often.” Why? Because our impulses, our intuitions, our social conditioning around what will make us happy are all…
April 5, 2022
Happiness Takes Work
No matter what our life circumstances, there are things for which to be grateful, to be thankful. Think not? Imagine seriously for a moment all…
March 17, 2022
The World is a Giant Mirror
The world is a giant mirror, reflecting back the attitudes, energy, and behaviors you choose to broadcast. Don’t like what you see? Change what you…
March 3, 2022
3 Important Life Hacks We All Say We Know but Few Actually Do
Happiness is a choice: But not always an easy one. It requires that you discipline your mind and decide to walk on the sunny side…
February 24, 2022
Taking the Kindness Challenge: Can You Become a Kindness Factory?
How do we make “kindness the norm”? One way is by starting a “Kindness Log” where you record acts of kindness you have observed or…
February 22, 2022
Three High Leverage Psychological Skills Happy People Cultivate
A Love of Learning is one of the highest leverage habits one can adopt for it strengthens and supports all other areas of your life.…
February 17, 2022
Think like there is no box
All too often it is our own thinking that hurts us the most. Self-imposed beliefs about what we are capable of, artificial limits about what…
January 27, 2022
The Greatest Gift of All
The greatest gift you can give is a gift to yourself. Why to yourself? Because you cannot give to others what you do not have…
December 23, 2021
Sounds Like a First World Problem
The first time I heard the phrase “Sounds Like a First World Problem” it struck me like a sledgehammer. Most of my “worries” were pretty…
November 25, 2021
Your Inner Roommate
You have someone living inside your head and it is important to remember it is NOT you. Your inner roommate is a good way to…
November 2, 2021