Happiness & Humor
If your happiness could use a boost, commit to cultivating an attitude of gratitude. It not only boosts life satisfaction, it’s also the single best predictor of good relationships, and benefits both sanity and physical health. Here are 10 tips to increase your #gratitude.
From Muhammed Ali, to Rumi and Jack Kerouac – these sweet, #inspirational quotes will have you loving life in a big way.
Like Carolyn Myss? You’ll love this Ted Talk about the importance of choosing and the most important choices you can make! #inspiration
I recently heard someone say, “At first the Universe will gently whisper in your ear. If you don’t listen, it will give you a little shove. And finally if still ignored, it will proceed to take a 2×4 to your head.” I love this quote because it’s so very true if you just stop to take a look at those areas of your life that are causing you the most stress and/or never seem to be working out the way you want them to. When you start to pay attention and notice these signs in your life, you’ll come to find that we are always being guided out of chaos and back into balance. It’s just when we get happen to get in the way and interfere with that, when we see things fall into a state of perpetual disaster.
The button-pushers will always try to work their #Christmas magic but you’re going to have a Santa sack full of antidotes. Below you’ll find zap-it-in-the-butt recipes to counteract disaster…
Have we turned these “tidings of cheer” into mere expectations that can only be fulfilled by a swipe of your credit card? Have we taken the spirit out of the celebration, regardless of the religious or non-religious context your beliefs fall under? Do we simply go along to get along because Hallmark has taken over yet another day on the Gregorian calendar, and to feel connected and a part of something, we must then conform to make it all about the presents and less about the presence?
Watch this heartwarming, 3-minute video. 10-year old Katherine and her family have been friends with mother and son, Estelle and Jay, for many years. Since Estelle and Jay have been going through some challenges lately, Katherine decided to fly to California to surprise her friends with some holiday cheer. #christmas
If we keep our best hopes and dreams in our hearts for our children and for everyone we love, but still allow them the creative space to bring their own energy and needs into the pictures, then we begin to see children growing up into adults who actually know who they are, and are actually okay with it! #authentic
People I see standing in long lines in the mall with smiles still plastered to their faces, regardless of the fact a hungry baby is wailing in one ear and the unfinished shopping list wails in the other has mastered “harnessing harmony”. And while it might go unnoticed to some people, or even be considered confusing or annoying to others, people like this always catch my attention. But not only during the holiday season, for a patient and peaceful spirit is one that is recognizable all year long…
The holidays should be joyous times filled with family and friends, but sometimes the very traditions that give meaning to this season also trigger old fears, hurts, and anxieties. Here is a bunch of lifehacks to stay sane this holiday season. #holidayblues
You need to understand that no matter what you are going through and what environment surrounds you, happiness is a matter of choice. Here are some tips on how you can be happy and be at peace within yourself – even in a world where chaos seems to predominate.
Many of us create these resolutions to prove something, whether it is to themselves or to others. But if it is done with only the end goal of getting recognition from those who know what you’re doing in mind (and heart), then you are literally cutting yourself short and putting obstacles in your own path and you may not even know it…as again that energy is telling us “we are here” and what is an acceptable version of us is “over there” and until we get there, we will not get that recognition.
To obtain inner #peace, you only need to surrender to the higher consciousness within yourself. To do so is something that everyone alive has the ability to do. In a general sense, it is the purpose of all life. All that it takes is some time, consistent effort, and the right leverage in the right places. These 7 principles for attaining inner peace are that leverage.
As technology grows to allow us to keep in touch with those farther and farther away, it seems to be creating a disturbing distance between us and those who are actually right in front of us, often times leaving them wondering why they are no longer deserving of our attention over that game of Angry Birds or your Facebook feed. More energy and focus is placed every year on material things; on presents rather than presence. And we as a collective so desperately need to get back to that place of the true Holiday spirit. The spirit of giving, the spirit of togetherness, appreciation and gratitude.
Learning to accept yourself is really the first step in learning to love yourself as your authentic self, and self-love is the key to living a happy and fulfilled life.
You are actually tapping into a deep reservoir of personal power if you accept your flaws and learn to love yourself flaws and all. You choose to stop running away from them, apologizing for them, justifying them, or otherwise avoiding them. Instead, you acknowledge them and value them as part of your unique identity.
