They sometimes seem to be at odds with one another, don’t they? So let’s look at two facts that will keep you on course even when you feel like you’re anything but. 1) What keeps us unhappy? The belief that there is something currently missing in your life ”“ that you need ”“ in order to beRead more
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Construct: an idea containing various conceptual elements; typically one not based on empirical evidence. We have so many constructs built around life. What success looks like. And love. And happiness. And fulfillment in our work. And how show business works. And what’s possible for us. But what if we realized that those very constructsRead more
How we define our reality is how we’re going to experience our reality. Einstein said, “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” SoRead more
We’re all 7’s Looking for 11’s. Get over it. In fact, the sooner you make the realization that the “perfect” fill-in-the-blank doesn’t exist, not only will you be much happier, but ironically, you’ll find perfection in what is. Huh? An 11 is a false perception of what we think perfection looks like. We’ve all seenRead more
What is it that we’re after, really? A house in the Hamptons? A perfect boyfriend? A TV series? Fame? Or might it be the corresponding feelings we think (and are incorrectly taught) that we’ll experience once we get those things that make us desire them so much? Once I get that fill-in-the-blank I’ll finallyRead more
Back in April, I lectured about psychologist, Shawn Achor, and all his trailblazing work in the area of brain research connected to happiness. He developed a term called “The Happiness Advantage” that basically shows that when we choose to be happy in the present, all the learning centers of the brain are turned on andRead more