Happiness Articles

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• The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
  As the parent of a teen, you might feel exactly like this mother: “My daughter went to high school her first day as a freshman and never returned. I lost my baby!” But you might ...
• Treating PTSD with Surf Therapy
  For the last handful of years, Britain and the United States have done quiet experiments with a new form of therapy for veterans ...
• In the Zone: Depression and Emotions
  Introduction: This article proposes a non-drug treatment for depression in terms of hidden emotions. It appears that most depression involves ...
• How to Overcome Common Financial Pitfalls When You Have ADHD
  Having ADHD can make it difficult to manage your money. “People with ADHD have a higher rate ...
• Couples Therapists Reveal: 15 Lessons I’ve Learned About Relationships
  Relationships are hard, no doubt about it. There’s no magic elixir or method to making them work. ...
• The Way of the Comedian
  This article has been excerpted from Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve by Nichole Force, M.A. According to a tale in the ...
• What Makes Us Happy?
  If I were to ask you what makes you happy, you would probably have no problem providing me with at least a ...
• 12 Ideas for Overcoming the Pressure to be Super Productive
  Ever feel like you need to be doing something every second of your day? Does leisure ...
• How Experts Achieve a Work-Life Balance and How You Can Too
  Trying to find that elusive work-life balance? You’re not the only one! Many people feel ...
• 9 Common Questions About Dreams Answered
  Ever wonder why you keep having the same dream over and over again, what your nightmares actually mean and ...
• How and Why Humor Differs Between the Sexes
  This article has been excerpted from the book Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve, by Nichole Force, M.A. ...
• 10 Way to Build and Preserve Better Boundaries
  Boundaries are essential to healthy relationships and, really, a healthy life. Setting and sustaining boundaries is a skill. ...
• Is Trying To Change an Addictive Habit Worth It?
  Drugs. Alcohol. Food. Exercise. Shopping. Gambling. Attempts to change or fix other people. Trying to make more ...
• Mother’s Day is About More Than Cards
  My 90+ year old friend is incensed about Mother’s Day.  “It’s just a day made up to sell cards,” ...
• Turning Acquaintances Into Friends
  Lonely? Go on an Internet search for how to meet new people and you’ll find dozens of sites. You know the ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• Crisis of Confidence in a Teen: It’s a Family Matter
  The characters in the following vignette are fictitious. They were derived from a composite of people ...
• 21 Tips to Stop Being a People-Pleaser
  People-pleasers “want everyone around them to be happy and they will do whatever is asked of them to” ...
• The Key to Finding a Work-Life Balance
  In today’s society, with increasing job demands and smartphones and other types of technology that keep us perpetually plugged ...
• 6 Clues for Finding Your Purpose and Passion
  I’ve rarely quit anything in my life. So when I left my doctorate clinical psychology program after receiving ...
• The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future
  Disclosure: I really wanted to hate the new book, The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future by motivational speaker and bestselling author Lucinda Bassett because it sounded a tad too simplistic, Tony Robbins-ish ...
• 9 Psychologist-Approved Must-Reads on Mental Health
  Psychologists are a discerning bunch when it comes to books. Because of their insider’s view of mental ...
• Do You Believe These 10 Sleep Myths?
  Sleep is a natural part of our lives. It’s a subject that many of us instinctively assume we know ...
• 12 Steps to Getting Everything Done in Your Day
  How often have you wished for another hour in your day to complete or even start an essential ...
• 10 Traits of Highly Productive People
  For many of us, productivity sounds like an intimidating word. Or it’s akin to catching a butterfly. You keep running after ...