Primal Fear: The Pain of Exclusion

I found this excerpt on Delanceyplace.com, from “The Pain of Exclusion” by Kipling D. Williams. It’s funny, because I was just talking about this with a friend…

Happiness Lives in Learning

I feel like there’s a good theme going on this week: Learning. It’s true, we are our happiest when we continue to learn, continue to explore, continue…

12 Days of Kindness Adventure: Day 4, Thankfully kindness is more contagious than heartburn

As I’ve mentioned, I’m reading Pam Grout’s E Cubed, and in it she tells the story of Patch Adams, the man behind the movie, starring the…

12 Days of Kindness Adventure: Day 2

I felt pretty crummy today. I christened the netti pot for the season this morning around 6 AM just before darting out into the cold heavy…

12 Days of Kindness Adventure: Day 1

Anxiety and depression often stem from a place of isolation. We feel alone in our problems and separate from a community around us. This time of…

Cut the Crap! Be the Boss of Your Time & Happiness

I just finished Shawn Achor’s Before Happiness, and I really appreciated the section on noise cancelling. For someone who doesn’t own a TV and doesn’t watch…

Positive Genius

From the time I was young, I was always an A/B student. But I’ll be honest, that was more due to “resourcefulness” than God-given smarts. My…

Don’t Happy, Be Worry: Distress vs. eustress

I find it kinda funny that I’m just now reading The 4-Hour Workweek. It has only been on my reading list since 2007. It’s about time! I…

Flow, Find & Seek

Experiencing flow snowboarding, trail running, surfing and even writing, I have become a little bit of a flow junkie myself: studying flow’s father, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, reading…

Commit to Happiness

I heard this quote today on Gabby Bernstein’s most recent vlog. “Committing to happiness increases your chances for success.” – Robert Holden I have certainly seen…