Shape Your Life

By Happiness

“We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.” Lao Tzu Sometimes it’s easy to let life situations shape us. I NEED to work this job. I HAVE TO do this for someone else. I MUST get this done. Our to-do lists drive us to work harder, smarter, faster. We multi-task and focus on ever-increasing efficiencies to…

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Visualize your best self

By Happiness

We’ve all heard it before.  When you visualize something happening, it will come true.  Some believe completely, while others call it a bunch of bull. Who’s right? Well both sides, actually. Studies demonstrated that when people visualize a success – from college students taking exams to individuals visualizing exercise – it COULD work, with one major caveat. If you JUST visualize the end result –…

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Taking life one day at a time Seven Things to Think about Change and Challenges

By Happiness

“Ain’t you thinkin’ what it gonna be like when we get there?  Ain’t you scared it won’t be nice like we thought?” “No,” she said quickly.  “No, I ain’t.  You can’t do that.  I can’t do that.  It’s too much – livin’ too many lives.  Up ahead they’s a thousan’ lives we might live, but when it comes, it’ll be on’y one.” John Steinbeck, The…

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Taking life one day at a time Seven Things to Think about Change and Challenges

By Happiness

“Ain’t you thinkin’ what it gonna be like when we get there?  Ain’t you scared it won’t be nice like we thought?” “No,” she said quickly.  “No, I ain’t.  You can’t do that.  I can’t do that.  It’s too much – livin’ too many lives.  Up ahead they’s a thousan’ lives we might live, but when it comes, it’ll be on’y one.” John Steinbeck, The…

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Being happier by being sad or mad

By Happiness

If we want to BE HAPPY, we have to feel pain. You’re probably thinking, “WHAT?  But pain isn’t happy or fun.  Pain, quite frankly, is painful.  And we need to avoid it all costs if we want to be happy, right?” Nope. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. So how does that play out right now? Let’s be honest.  COVID-19 is making life pretty hard for…

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Being Happier during COVID

By Happiness

It seems like COVID-19 is consuming us and having an impact on our happiness.  But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s what the science tells us. 50% of our happiness “set point” comes from our genetics, childhood experiences, challenges, etc. 10% of our happiness is related to our life circumstances 40% of our happiness is all about MINDSET – and is completely in…

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Working from Home

By Happiness

Someone once told me that working from home is both the best and worst of both worlds.  When my kids were little, I agreed completely.  Instead of getting into my nice clean office, I was in the middle of happy kid chaos!  I loved being with my happy kids.  I hated the chaos.   Getting work done, feeling isolated from others, and seeing laundry, dishes or…

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