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...
Category - Happiness
Linda Graham, MFT
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...
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
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...
6 Ways to Improve Your Mood Today
Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW provides some excellent tools and practices to help boost your happiness every day. You don’t need a life makeover to experience more happiness. By putting a few simple habits in place, you will...
Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW
Do Positive Experiences “Stick to Your Ribs?” Take in the Good.
Rick Hanson, PhD takes a look at how the brain’s negativity bias sets many of us up to struggle with allowing positive experiences to stick. Scientists believe that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias.” In...
Resilience Through Creating a Circle of Support
Linda Graham, MFT examines how creating a circle of support as a refuge can build resilience, whether in life or visualized. Refuge simply means a safe, supportive place to be when we are fragile or confused, a safe...
