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...
Category - Happiness
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Reflections on Gratitude, Even for the Hard Stuff
Linda Graham, MFT, explores the use of gratitude as a buffer and offers tools to help practice gratitude even in the most difficult of times. Gratitude works its magic – to buffer us from falling into swamps of...
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...
Mindfulness: A Powerhouse of Benefits for Emotional and Relationship Health
Lately, many have been talking about the power of mindfulness practices. It’s more than a tool to focus attention and reduce stress, as helpful as those outcomes are. Mindfulness – defined as presence...
One Simple Prescription for Happiness
It’s not actually realistic to boil down the elements of happiness into one element but some researchers believe that if you could, gratitude would be it. Gratitude might even be the path to a more satisfied life...
Ways to Stay Relaxed Throughout Your Day
If you’re like many, your life is go-go-go. You do your best to balance family, friends, social life, work and other obligations. The expectations that you and others place on you are always there. Making it...
Are You Hard on Yourself?
Rick Hanson, PhD and author of Hardwiring Happiness, looks at the benefit of practicing forgiveness if you have a tendency to be your own worst critic. He shares his thoughts about how to allow your “inner...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Feel Whole
Rick Hanson, PhD encourages us to be open to all of our experiences rather than be derailed by the parts that can get in the way. He offers a practice in how to “widen the spotlight” to feel more whole, less...
3 Ways You Might be Sabotaging Your Growth
If you are like most people, you’d prefer happiness over unhappiness. You probably know and accept that life cannot always dish out platefuls of sweet cherry pie with whipped cream or provide a sunlit dappled...
Happiness and Life Meaning: Both Important to Well-Being
Linda Graham, MFT looks at the power of life meaning, perhaps even over happiness. She offers an exercise in which to invite both to foster resilience and well-being. Research was recently published in the Journal of...
