Today though, as this 30 Day Happiness Challenge is coming to a close, I thought it would be a good idea to take stock and see if intentionally focusing on being happier is making a difference.
Continue reading →There are all sorts of things you can do to boost your confidence. We’ll run through a few of them here. I also encourage you to read up on the topic, pay attention to times when you’re feeling more confident, and then work out a plan to intentionally boost your self-confidence based on your own research and experience. Remember, we’re building habits, and confidence goes hand-in-hand with happiness!
Continue reading →When you’re having a bad day or are feeling down, the best way to increase your happiness may be to exercise. Research has demonstrated strong links between exercise and an uplift in mood and well-being. Give it a try. Go for a 30 minute brisk walk whenever you’re feeling depressed and unhappy. You’ll notice your mood starting to increase throughout the walk. When you get back, you may notice that you’re feeling, if not happier, less down.
Continue reading →Have you heard of the expression: “Fake It ‘Till You Make It?” You usually hear it in the business or entertainment worlds. The idea is that if you look like a success, others around you will treat you like a successful person, and will send more projects and opportunities your way. At some point you can stop faking it because you’ve become what you’ve pretended to be. “Faking” in this context isn’t as phony as it sounds. What you are really doing is modeling behaviors until you’ve internalized them.
Continue reading →Life isn’t all happiness and sunshine. And that’s a good thing. (WHA-A-A-T!!) How boring would it be to only have positive experiences? We need a little of the negative, the sadness, and the disappointments to balance the happiness. They are what make the happy times stand out and shine all the brighter.
Negative thoughts, emotions, and the events and people that cause them are part of life. You can to learn to deal with them and make the best of sad situations to live a happy and content life. Today I want to look at a few different ideas and strategies that can help us do just that.
Why can’t we hold on to the good stuff? Our brains turn out to have a bias to negativity. It’s measurable, and there have been multiple brain scan studies done that show that our brain reacts more strongly to negative stimuli. The big question then is how do we fight against our brain’s bias to negativity?
Continue reading →Why can’t we hold on to the good stuff? Our brains turn out to have a bias to negativity. It’s measurable, and there have been multiple brain scan studies done that show that our brain reacts more strongly to negative stimuli. The big question then is how do we fight against our brain’s bias to negativity?
Continue reading →A big key to our own happiness lies in making people around us happy, and helping out. When you start to think about it, it makes sense, doesn’t it? We are social creatures who get to work together to truly thrive. It follows that helping those around us has an internal rewards system built in. In other words, our happiness goes up as we improve the lives of those around us. What a great deal – two (or more) Happiness for the price of one!
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