Happiness archive
Put your mind in your feet
When you find you are spending time worrying try something new. Direct your mind to your feet. Feel your feet, wiggle your toes. By simply directing your mind to your body and your attention to your feet you pull yourself out of your head. Back to the present is where we have our power. [...]
Eudaimonia
In my University this week we discussed pleasures verses gratifications. Pleasures are fleeting, like eating chocolate. If we eat too often it loses its happy zing. One way to enhance simple pleasures is to spread them out, which keeps them from habituating.
Gratification on the other hand is an activity that [...]
A Joyful Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver will be on a new TV show starting March 26, Friday at 9pm,EST
He will be visiting Huntington, WV, the most unhealthy town in the USA.
If you have not seen Jamie…please check him out. He is a fun, lovable guy on a mission to help us eat real food and enjoy life.
Check out the [...]
Living Assignments
In my university classes and in my coaching practice I provide Living Assignments, a small practice to make the research come alive. One powerful living assignment is to walk with awareness.
Put away the ipod, cell phone and mental worries. Connect with the environment, sights, sounds and your own inner senses. What happens is magical. [...]
optimism opens us
Being postive is about taking action. We can’t think our way to happiness we need to feel our way there. This takes a shift in perception- a change in how we see things. This new way of being requires the qualities of acceptance and compassion.
The beauty of effort and laughter
I’m not saying change is easy but sometimes we make it harder than we need too.
My college students are studying for exams. Indeed it can be a stress filled time. Everyones schedule has abruptly changed.
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