The Urge to Fix Myself
“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”― E.B. White It happens all of the time. I go around in circles, it seems, between working on myself and trying to fix everything I think is broken…
Creating Your Own Happiness Algorithm
“One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.” ~Chinese proverb What if we could create a formula for happiness? If it were possible to create such a formula, then the person who created it could sell it for a fortune! What if I said there is such a formula, but that it is different for each person?…
Happiness is a Choice
When I am caught in a downward spiral of negative thinking, the concept that happiness is a choice sounds like fiction to me. Fortunately, I have not gotten too far down the rabbit hole lately before I recognize what is happening, so that I can turn things around, but there were times in my life…
Three Good Things
Three good things. That’s it. All you have to do is scan your day each evening and find them, write them down, and complete this short exercise to experience the positive benefits. When it comes to rewiring our brains, we have to take action. However, it is best to think of small, daily exercises, that…
Manifesto to Change
You can Change. You can be Happy. You can get Healthier. You can enjoy and even Love your Life. But it won’t just happen to you. You have to ACT. There is no recipe or set program for you to change your life. You won’t do it by travelling the world and looking for it.…
The Richest Man in the World
It was a dark, two bed, two bath apartment with outdated carpet and a kitchen with no counter space. My husband and I filled it with second-hand furniture, a dinette table with four chairs and a pull-out sofa. A makeshift table constructed from an old crate served as a coffee table when we had company.…
If You Are Depressed, I Hope You Read This
“The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.” ~John Milton Why? Because when we are depressed, we need to hear the good news. We are so busy listening to the misery track on repeat that anything positive or upbeat just makes us cringe.…
Being YOU is an Act of Love
“At some point, now or later, you are going to have to risk BEING YOU in order to find out who that really is.” ~ Cheri Huber Can you recall a time when you hid your true feelings from another person because you believed that saying what you felt would mean rejection? It is…
Well-Being is a Skill
“Well-being is actually a skill. If we practice at it, we’ll get better.” ~ Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin, Madison I started researching happiness a few years ago, and I found out that what most of us believe will make us happy really doesn’t. I was teaching a…
Letting in the Sunshine with Gratitude
“The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.” ~Neale Donald Walsch In my life I have experienced some dark times, mostly self-imposed, and almost all created in my mind. This blog is my way of sharing what I have learned, and perhaps helping someone, who is suffering as I was, to see the beauty in life.…