Category - Happiness

Linda Graham, MFT explores the power of self compassion to increase resilience, an important element of managing stress.  There are tools and techniques of “self-directed neuroplasticity” that will help you...

Mindfulness.  Presence.  Being in the moment. All three of the above essentially mean the same thing – and practicing them can bring you more emotional and relationship health.  It’s a practice, a...

Research shows that the pursuit – or creation – of happiness is not a selfish endeavor at all. People who deliberately cultivate happiness – in flavors of joy, contentment, love, pride, awe, –...

We all seek happiness.  We all want to feel calm, grounded and avoid being hijacked by our own emotional reactivity.  Thankfully, the recent studies in neuroscience are demonstrating how to do this.  If you find...

If someone could figure out how to bottle “happiness” they would be rich beyond their wildest dreams.  As much as happiness is natural for some, it’s not for others.  Those fortunate enough to consider...

Beating yourself up can take a real swipe at your self esteem. Rick Hanson, PhD digs into the ways people beat themselves up, why it’s unhelpful and ways to avoid it.  Most people know their less than wonderful...

In The Impact of Gratitude on Health and Well-Being, Linda Graham, MFT offers a lot of practical benefits for people who practice gratitude daily, including being an excellent stress management tool.  Here she looks...

I attended the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DC recently and left with some highly useful tools to benefit your emotional health from the workshop, Neuroscience and the Art of Self Care, conducted by...

Post 9/9 in a series by Linda Graham, MFT, a deep dive on the neuroscience of stress and resilience. As we learned in The Neuroscience of Resilience:  Intuition, ”Intuition is a deep and profound knowing often below the...