What’s in your special sauce?
When you recognize yourself as your own friend, this becomes a recipe for joy that can fill every square inch of you up from inside out. Learn how to create your own special sauce.
When you recognize yourself as your own friend, this becomes a recipe for joy that can fill every square inch of you up from inside out. Learn how to create your own special sauce.
How DO we source our happiness on an everyday level, when we are not by ourselves on a deserted island. What frees us up, makes us glow from inside out, a joyously happy, maybe a little scary but super excited too for what’s next ..that kind of happy. I DARE you to read and find out!
We all mess up. Me, you, Obama, Buddha, even the unconditonal, loving dog. One of the things we tend to do is beat ourselves up when things don’t go the way we want. Our inner critic goes above and beyond the point of useful, often times becoming self-critical and mean. Find ways to tame that inner critic here…
Someone who recently “graduated” from our time together shared she was feeling a bit better with each passing day. There are days she still misses her dog terribly and yet, the happier memories are starting to surpass the last days of her illness. (Woo hoo that that!) “Sometimes, I feel guilty about being happy” she … Read more
First the good news! Was able to breathe a sigh of relief this past Friday when the words “benign” came through the end of the phone. I have to admit, last week was a LONG week of practicing all of the tools in my toolbox. The ultrasound of my thyroid revealed an irregular bordered nodule … Read more
When I was at the endocrinologist last Thursday, they found a lump. The doctor said to me, “Well, given all that you’ve been through already, this can’t be anything worse. if it is cancer, this type of cancer is the better type to have. It’s curable.” I knew he meant well but his bedside manner … Read more
Complaining about anything, holds you in the place of refusing to receive the things you’ve been asking for.
What I know for sure is that no matter where you stand right now. on a hilltop, in a gutter, at a crossroads, in a rut — you need to give yourself the best you have to offer in this moment. This is it. Rather than depleting yourself with… judgments about what you haven’t done, … Read more
In the car today, I heard on NPR an article on happiness, and if it was possible to create or increase happiness. NPR spoke of the national quota of happiness. The Royal Government of Bhutan created this index to measure these key areas; psychological wellbeing, health, time use, education, culture, good governance, ecology, community vitality … Read more