Happiness Articles
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- 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 ...
- Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
In today’s society, food is viewed as a nuisance at best, and a necessary evil at worst. We’re taught that dessert is dangerous, that dieting is the only way to eat (and live) and that ...
- 5 Steps to a Successful Marriage
"It doesn’t take hard work to keep a relationship happy or stable over time," says Terri ...
- RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life
Winifred Gallagher’s RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life provides a fascinating, multi-faceted look at attention—a term we often use as though it is a simple construct, when in reality it is complex and beautifully pervasive, ...
- Meditation for Beginners
I’m a mess when it comes to meditating. I feel like I break all the rules. I fidget. I daydream. I am ...
- Celebrate Your Family’s Heart this Valentine’s Day
The New Year’s Day noise makers and confetti have barely come off the store ...
- Five Pathways to Happiness
We all yearn for happiness, but many of us go about it the wrong way. For instance, acquiring things makes us ...
- Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment
In Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment, Ezra Bayda maintains a calm, practical tone that embodies much of what he teaches. Bayda has a wide collection of knowledge, from personal experiences to the ...
- How Conflict Can Improve Your Relationship
Conflict gets a bad rap. We automatically assume that conflict will collapse a relationship. Some of us ...
- Self-Esteem Struggles and Strategies That Can Help
Many people look in the mirror and see someone they don’t like very much. They see ...
- What You Need to Know Before Living Together
Over 12 million unmarried Americans are living together in 6 million ...
- Questions To Ask As A Couple Before Getting Engaged
When it comes to marriage, love doesn’t conquer all. Being on the same ...
- Challenging Our Cognitive Distortions and Creating Positive Outlooks
In this time of mounting economic issues, financial burdens, and the stress of everyday life many of us find ...
- Attention Couples: Becoming a Skilled Listener and Effective Speaker
It's likely that just about every person would say they’re a good listener. But listening isn’t an innate ability all ...
- The Handy Psychology Answer Book
In The Handy Psychology Answer Book, Lisa J. Cohen, PhD endeavors to provide answers to approximately 1000 questions regarding the study of the human mind in an easy-to-read Q&A format. Dr. Cohen states that her ...
- Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance
Humans are obsessed with body image. The media says we should look a certain way, else we be outcast and forgotten. Although men do feel the need to have an attractive appearance, women are more ...
- 12 Tips for Getting Organized for Adults with ADHD
Organizing is a challenge and a chore ...
