Archive for Happiness

Why Trying to Find Happiness is Like Chasing Your Own Shadow

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Did you ever notice how many books, self-help and even coaching programs are claiming to help you find and increase happiness. There is no doubt about it; happiness has become a lucrative business for those wanting to exploit it. The problem with most of these claims is that they simply don’t work. In fact, they actually hinder the process of achieving happiness.

This might seem odd coming from someone that so deeply believes happiness is Read More→

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A Simple Yet Powerful Question to Attract More Happiness

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Most of us have asked ourselves the question “Am I happy?” The problem with this kind of closed question is that it implies that we are either happy, or we are not. There are no grey zones or happiness continuums we can set goals to. Furthermore, if you have ever had to ask yourself that question, the odds were probably not usually in your favour.

In essence, this type of question does not represent reality. For the most of us, we would say to be content with our lives but would appreciate just a little more of the good life. In fact, we do have the power to strive for and attain more happiness in our lives. What if there was another way to ask yourself a question in a way that actually attracted more happiness? There is. If you want to find ways to actually increase your happiness levels Read More→

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Designing a Fun Day

Friday, May 21st, 2010

In today’s fast paced world, it is easy to get caught up with our responsibilities and forget to take care of ourselves. With stress and depression levels consistently rising, it is important to find ways to renew our energy and build up resistance to today’s demands. There are many different ways to increase our resilience and increase our satisfaction of life but today, I will focus on a simple concept: a fun day.

A fun day, as the name suggests, is a day you can create where having fun is the Read More→

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A Simple Way to Increase Happiness

Friday, May 7th, 2010

There seems to be a lot of opinions on how to increase our levels of happiness these days. Where do you go to for reliable information? The field of Positive Psychology has opened the door to scientifically explore and test techniques that can bring us closer to the good life. I will now describe how one simple habit has been associated with an increase in:

- happiness – energy – helpfulness and empathy

- forgiveness – resilience Read More→

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