The idea of happiness can be overwhelming. Here is a simple exercise that you can do to help you gain more understanding of your feelings of happiness. Some people believe that happiness is a result of something • Success • Achievement • Victory • Relationship • Power • Security •
Holidays are a stressful time for all of us. We have to leave our normal routines, buy gifts for people, and spend time with people that we have a long history with. It’s true that holidays can be a great time to catch up and share in experiences with those
The shock of Robin Williams death by apparent suicide still hovers around today. How can people who appear happy be so unhappy on the inside? People put on a facade that they present to the public. We all do it. We’ll show others that we feel different than how we
When I was 18 years old, I impulsively decided to go to a psychic and have her read my palm. I’m not sure whether or not she is a true psychic or a fraud, but she gave me some advice that I’ll never forget. Before my palm reading, she asked
Life without a vision can lead to reactivity. Looking at what you have and what you want are the first steps to walking out of an uneasy space. It’s easy to avoid spending time and energy thinking about something that is daunting, but there is a lot of space between
Failure is in the definition and in the one who defines it. Some failures are more universal than others, but reactions to particular failures tend to be as individual as the experiences themselves. A failure alone is not necessarily a problem. Instead, the problem is in how you process the
Since living in Dallas, I have noticed a trend amongst many of the people who I work with. Many report an anxious “need” to leave this city, with the idea that once they leave, they will feel better. My social science thinking immediately got me analyzing this information, and comparing