Authenticity in your daily living is a sweet congruence of your beliefs, values and actions. Your inner world and outer world align and there is a synchronicity or balance between who you truly are as an individual and...
Category - Happiness
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
It’s February, Write a Love Letter to Yourself
The beginning of February signals that Valentines Day is near. For those in loving, intimate relationships who put a lot of meaning into this holiday, they may be all atwitter about how they will spend time with a...
Be Still
Being quiet and still can be counter to what our fast paced society encourages and often rewards. The more you do and achieve, the more you accomplish, the more successes and accolades, the better. Multitasking is...
3 Key Questions for Your Well-Being Check Up
If you spend time with medical check ups or car tune ups, what about your emotional health? Do you take the time to check in and really reflect upon on how you’re doing? The holiday and New Year period is often a...
Happiness: Questions to Ask Yourself…and a Caveat
Happiness is a popular topic these days. We now know that much of your happiness is in your control (40% says Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD) which empowers you to make real changes impacting your emotional and relationship...
A Cheat Sheet for Happiness
If you asked any person on the street whether they would like to be happy, it’s safe to bet that the vast majority would say yes. If you asked any person on the street IF they were happy, this is where things...
Your Inner Kid: Fun Ways to Practice Playful Mindfulness this Summer
Most kids have it down when it comes to being in the moment. They live for the now and get fully absorbed in their activities. Without the burden of responsibilities they master the art of play, wonderment and mindful...
22 Ways Happy People Get Their Groove On
What are happy people up to? What do they do that others don’t? Happiness is not a “one size fits all” but there are a number of things you can work into your life to increase positive emotions and...
Reflections on Gratitude – Even for the Hard Stuff
The Thanksgiving holiday period bring warm and fuzzies to many but certainly not to all. Linda Graham, MFT, explores the use of gratitude as a buffer and offers tools to help practice gratitude even in the most...
Linda Graham, MFT
Bite-Sized Meditations for the Busy Human Being
The third in a series by Linda Graham, MFT, based on Healthy Brain, Happy Life by Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a neuroscientist at NYU. Dr. Suzuki acknowledges her own struggles, as so many of us have, with sticking to a formal...
