Posts Tagged ‘happiness’

Adjusting my “If only…” attitude

This post has been swirling around in my head for months now.  I’ve wanted to share it, but the thought was raw and other than sharing that I was aware of a negative pattern of thinking I wasn’t sure where to go with it. Then my husband shared a TED lecture with me that brought it all together. In [...]

Do Something Nice For Yourself

I recently participated in a workshop where I was challenged to do something nice for myself for one week.  When we met again the following week we received another round of homework beginning with the same assignment - do something nice for yourself every day this week.  Week two was more challenging than week one and [...]

Smile! Happier Equals Healthier!

I read an interesting study today from The Mayo Clinic researchers who discovered that those with the highest optimism ranking (at the start of the study)had a 19% better chance of still being alive after 30 years. Other than restricted calorie intake, no other single protocol has been able to produce such significant results.  In [...]

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