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    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

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    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: exercise, forgive, gratitude, happiness, mindfulness

    Why We Fear Change (and How To Get Over It)

    July 3, 2018

    It’s the beginning of July, and you may be wondering where all of those New Year’s resolutions went. You thought that you really meant it when you vowed to never again eat an entire chocolate cake at one sitting, drunk-dial your ex at 2 a.m., or fall behind on your credit card payments. Yet here […]

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    Why We Fear Change (and How To Get Over It)

    July 3, 2018

    It’s the beginning of July, and you may be wondering where all of those New Year’s resolutions went. You thought that you really meant it when you vowed to never again eat an entire chocolate cake at one sitting, drunk-dial your ex at 2 a.m., or fall behind on your credit card payments. Yet here […]

    Filed Under: Addiction, Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth Tagged With: change, problems

    Seven Crucial Tactics For Effective Change

    February 19, 2018

    Maybe you’ve been thinking about moving on from your current job. Or going back to school. Or getting up an hour earlier, so you can actually eat a real breakfast and enjoy your coffee before the kids are up. And maybe you’ve been contemplating these changes for a month, or a year, and yet you […]

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    Seven Crucial Tactics For Effective Change

    February 19, 2018

    Maybe you’ve been thinking about moving on from your current job. Or going back to school. Or getting up an hour earlier, so you can actually eat a real breakfast and enjoy your coffee before the kids are up. And maybe you’ve been contemplating these changes for a month, or a year, and yet you […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, Courage, General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth Tagged With: change

    Defeating Fear and Embracing Your Destiny

    May 3, 2017

    “Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second we can sit down and do our work.” (Steven Pressfield) Whether or not we recognize […]

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    Defeating Fear and Embracing Your Destiny

    May 3, 2017

    “Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second we can sit down and do our work.” (Steven Pressfield) Whether or not we recognize […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Anxiety, Courage, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Personal Growth Tagged With: creative, fear, resistance, war of art

    Are You Skipping This Important Step When Setting Goals?

    January 18, 2017

    At the beginning of each calendar year, many of us set lofty goals, with the hope and expectation that with such achievements we’ll be happier. For instance, we vow to lose that extra 20 pounds, go to the gym more often, find a more rewarding job (or find a job, period), and improve our financial […]

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    Are You Skipping This Important Step When Setting Goals?

    January 18, 2017

    At the beginning of each calendar year, many of us set lofty goals, with the hope and expectation that with such achievements we’ll be happier. For instance, we vow to lose that extra 20 pounds, go to the gym more often, find a more rewarding job (or find a job, period), and improve our financial […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: goals, values

    Life Lessons Part 2

    August 23, 2016

    As Labor Day approaches, some students have returned to school, while others are enjoying the last days of freedom before classes begin. For those of us who have graduated from formal education, the school of life is still in session, and some ground rules still apply. Put in the time. Often the difference between an […]

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    Life Lessons Part 2

    August 23, 2016

    As Labor Day approaches, some students have returned to school, while others are enjoying the last days of freedom before classes begin. For those of us who have graduated from formal education, the school of life is still in session, and some ground rules still apply. Put in the time. Often the difference between an […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Words of Wisdom Tagged With: life lessons

    Tips To Develop New Habits

    March 5, 2016

    In order to make changes in your life, try to keep in mind that habits are often difficult to alter, especially at the outset. Some habits are more deeply engrained than others, but adopting a new routine is bound to require some extra energy at first, simply because you need to get off auto-pilot and […]

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    Tips To Develop New Habits

    March 5, 2016

    In order to make changes in your life, try to keep in mind that habits are often difficult to alter, especially at the outset. Some habits are more deeply engrained than others, but adopting a new routine is bound to require some extra energy at first, simply because you need to get off auto-pilot and […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Personal Growth Tagged With: habits

    14 Ways to Develop Courage

    October 1, 2015

    The majority of our emotional responses result from how we interpret a situation. People go to amusement parks to be intentionally scared out of their wits on roller coasters. We term the heart-pounding and adrenalin rush experienced in such situations “excitement”, but if we endure the same sensations due to an unplanned event, such as […]

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    14 Ways to Develop Courage

    October 1, 2015

    The majority of our emotional responses result from how we interpret a situation. People go to amusement parks to be intentionally scared out of their wits on roller coasters. We term the heart-pounding and adrenalin rush experienced in such situations “excitement”, but if we endure the same sensations due to an unplanned event, such as […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General, Goal Setting Tagged With: courage

    The Healthy and Dangerous Types of Happiness

    March 8, 2015

    “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” (Albert Schweitzer) It turns out that those who serve are a whole lot more likely to be physically healthy, too, down to […]

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    The Healthy and Dangerous Types of Happiness

    March 8, 2015

    “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” (Albert Schweitzer) It turns out that those who serve are a whole lot more likely to be physically healthy, too, down to […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Relationships Tagged With: happiness, meaning, service, viktor frankl

    Life Lessons

    September 17, 2014

    So, another school year begins, and students once again apply themselves to their studies, vying for top grades and possibly a spot at a prized university. Regardless of our academic achievements, we learned (or should have learned) many important lessons in school. Pay attention in class. Be receptive to new information. Be willing to look […]

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    Life Lessons

    September 17, 2014

    So, another school year begins, and students once again apply themselves to their studies, vying for top grades and possibly a spot at a prized university. Regardless of our academic achievements, we learned (or should have learned) many important lessons in school. Pay attention in class. Be receptive to new information. Be willing to look […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Words of Wisdom Tagged With: life lessons

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