How Happy People Deal With Bad Stuff
In this season of list making, what’s on your list of what you really want? Happiness is likely to be at or near the top. We all want to be happy. Sometimes, happiness is a current state. Often, it’s a...
View ArticleClarence Was Right: A Little Mystery Makes Us Happier
English: Screenshot of Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in the American film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). The film lapsed into the public domain in the United States due to the failure of National...
View ArticleChange Habits, Keep Resolutions
I‘m not going to make new resolutions for 2013. There are enough old ones still relevant to dust off and try again. In fact, if anyone is looking for a resolution, I have enough lying around that I...
View ArticleMake Your Habits Your Allies
You do not have sufficient freedom levels to view this video. What would you do if you were unemployed, nearly broke and an emotional wreck? Where would you start to turn your life around? What would...
View ArticleNever Too Old For New Habits
This is the third and final post on the theme of habits (at least for now.) To read the first two posts, click here and here. All the pieces are in place. I have goals, some left over from 2012. I know...
View ArticleCome Out of Hibernation!
Cold starts on gloomy mornings. A few hours of brightness following by early dimness. Cranky starts and slow acceleration. This is your brain on winter! Shake those neurons out of hibernation with a...
View ArticleMy Head Hurts
My neurons have gone from coach potato to Cross Fit. After working on the questions from my last post, they are shouting “STOP!” Hopefully, they don’t take matters into their own dendrites or I’m in...
View ArticleHave You Lost Your Mind?
You should. Send it out for recess, even for 10 minutes. It will thank you for it.
View ArticleTired of Being a Quitter? Manage The Three P’s.
Just 49 days ago, we charged optimistically into the New Year, determined to make necessary changes for good. Armed with determination, advice and plans, we were confident that 2013 would be the year...
View ArticleWhatever Gave You That Idea? : The Misinformation Effect
The story was told and retold at many events throughout my childhood. It came up at every wedding, every wake, most family events in between. It was the story of how my father’s friend, little Ray...
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