March 2021

It’s OK to Feel Joy Right Now

via the NY Times by A C Shilton The birds are chirping, a warm breeze is blowing and some of your friends are getting vaccinated. After a year of anxiety and stress, many of us are rediscovering what optimism feels like. And the good news...

22 March, 2021

Establishing These 4 Types of Boundaries Can Help Alleviate Stress, Says a Psychologist

via Well and Good by Saanya Ali Stress is an inevitable part of life—no spoiler alert there. What you might not realize, though, is that it puts you in a state of emergency called "fight, flight, or freeze," explains Aimee Daramus, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and professor....

19 March, 2021

Alan Watts on Love, the Meaning of Freedom, and the Only Real Antidote to Fear

via Brain Pickings by Maria Popova “Fearlessness is what love seeks,” Hannah Arendt wrote in her superb 1929 meditation on love and how to live with the fundamental fear of loss. “Such fearlessness exists only in the complete calm that can no longer be shaken by...

18 March, 2021

If You Want to Succeed, Be Willing to Accept Help From Others: The ability to receive is just as important to success as being able to give.

NB: I very much believe this doesn't just apply to business. It's just as relevant to happiness and mental health ...

18 March, 2021

Over 3 Million People Took This Course on Happiness. Here’s What Some Learned.

via the NY Times by Molly Oswaks The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the most popular classes to be offered in the university’s 320-year history. The class was only ever taught in-person once, during the spring 2018 semester,...

18 March, 2021

The “science backed” future-self strategy for more success and happiness

via FastCompany by Benjamin Hardy When Matthew McConaughey won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2014, he gave a riveting speech about how he succeeds in life. A big part of his “success” formula has to do with the person he explains as his...

17 March, 2021

How to Be Happier Without Really Trying: 4 Odd Secrets From Research

via Eric Barker GOOD GOD, WILL YOU SHUT UP? Sorry. Wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to the voice in my head… Don’t look at me like I’m crazy; you have one too. That Inner Critic. Sometimes it’s worried and you get play-by-play color commentary on...

16 March, 2021

Evolution Could Explain Why Psychotherapy May Work for Depression

via Scientific American by Gary Stix A consensus has emerged in recent years that psychotherapies—in particular, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—rate comparably to medications such as Prozac and Lexapro as treatments for depression. Either option, or the two together, may at times alleviate the mood disorder. In...

15 March, 2021

How To Step Out Of Negativity: 7 Tips

via Forbes Dr. Susan Murphy— You become what you think about. Throughout history, philosophers, historians, and even poets have written about the power of the mind. Your thoughts become your reality. Norman Vincent Peele said, “Change your thoughts, and you change your life. If you think in...

15 March, 2021

Changing Your Mind Can Make You Less Anxious

via the Atlantic by Arthur C Brooks n the late 1950s and early 1960s, the psychologist Henry Murray asked a sample of college sophomores to participate in a seemingly innocuous experiment in which they would write their “personal philosophy of life,” including their core values and guiding principles, and...

15 March, 2021