Think Positive. Live Happy.
Posted in Happiness, Inspirational on Jan 7th, 2008
There are few things as discouraging as being pick-pocketed on Christmas Eve. This is what happened to my mother while we were doing some last minute shopping in London. It happened right after we made our last purchases and she didn’t realize her wallet was missing until we received a call a few hours later […]
The New York Times has published a health article entitled “Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light.” The article discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD, no pun intended) which affects many Americans. People who suffer from SAD become depressed during the cold winter months when there is less light and sunshine. […]
Posted in Imagination, Health, Happiness, misc on Dec 10th, 2007
In a post last week I used a comic by Toothpaste for Dinner, by far one of my favourite web comics. Let’s back track a bit though. A conversation with my mom last week made me realize how inaccessible the internet was to such a huge demographic, which includes my mother, that I am now […]
“Just try your hardest” is something we tell ourselves alot, but none of us really believe it, do we? Because the fact is ‘your best’ is never really good enough or else we wouldn’t walk around telling ourselves to ‘try your hardest’? Concepts like this are somewhat based on perfectionism - the idea being that […]
Posted in Happiness on Nov 29th, 2007
A writer over at Newsvine has published an article entitled “7 Ways to Ensure Greater Happiness.” Her ways, as listed, are:
Being Yourself
Know What You Want
Live Your Principles
Appreciate Your Blessings
Forgiveness
Love More
Allow Life to Unfold
These are some excellent suggestions that can go a long way towards increasing not only happiness, but peace and well-being. […]
Posted in Happiness on Nov 22nd, 2007
It’s wonderful that we in America (as well as our friends in Canada, albeit another day of the year) have a holiday where the aim is to give thanks for what we have. This is something that is incredibly easy to forget to do throughout our daily lives, but Thanksgiving gives us time to […]
Posted in Happiness on Nov 15th, 2007
Want to know a secret? One of the best pick-me-ups in the world is helping out someone who is less fortunate than yourself. Making a donation of time or money to improve the lives of others will always give you a warm, fuzzy feeling, and thanks to the Internet, this is easier than ever. Here […]
Posted in Happiness on Nov 8th, 2007
A Scientific American issue this year featured an article entitled The Science of Lasting Happiness that focused on how to not only achieve happiness, but how to sustain it in one’s life. For example, studies have shown that those who count their blessings every day in a “daily gratitude journal” are actually less happy […]
Beliefnet has a very popular article (judging by its number of ‘diggs’) entitled Top 12 Depression Busters. The fact that so many readers not only read the article, but digg it for others to find, means that there are a good many of us who struggle with depression.
Whether it is biochemical or caused by […]
An article at Brain Based Business - 5 Tips to Live Beyond Brooding - made me think about negativity in general and what it can do to a person. Worrying, obsessing and sulking are not proper ways of dealing with adversity. They may be the easiest, and the ones to which we […]