via Psychology Today by Susan McQuillan By paying more attention to the things you get right in life, you can become more emotionally resilient and focused in spite of your struggle with anxiety or depression, according to a recent study published by the University of California, Berkley in the online journal eLife. The study looked...
via Psychology Today by Christopher Bergland "God's wisdom teaches me: When I help others, I'm really helping myself. And if we all could spread a little sunshine, all could lend a helping hand. We'd all be a little closer to the promised land." —"Spread a Little Sunshine" sung by...
via Forbes by Bryan Robinson If you’re like most people, you might not want to revisit the painful events of 2020 as we close out the year. Understandable. The pandemic has left an indelible mark on every aspect of our lives. We have lost loved...
via Forbes by Danielle Seurkamp Do you ever find yourself daydreaming, imagining how happy you will be when you get that house on the beach, when you write that last college tuition check, or when you tell your boss you’ve had it and are finally retiring?...
via Thrive Global Written by Stephanie Krubsack, Emily Porter, Bethany Lato, Co-Founders at Mudita Magazine Originating from the Sanskrit and Pali languages, mudita has no literal translation into English, but can be roughly equivalent to finding joy in the happiness of others. Deeply embedded within eastern religious traditions and a...
via Forbes by Jack Kelly We could all use a huge dose of happiness right about now. It's been nearly a year of enduring a raging pandemic, polarising politics, civil unrest, massive unemployment and fear about the future. The holiday season and the start of...
via Forbes by Jack Kelly I get that you’re ready to give up. 2020 has been brutal. You may have lost a job or loved one. Things didn’t work out as you had hoped for. Stuck indoors for nearly one year has worn you down. You...
via Lolly Daskal If there’s one desire that humans universally share, it’s happiness. For Americans, “the pursuit of happiness” is even written into the Declaration of Independence. But the results of that pursuit vary greatly. Some people remain sunny even in the worst of circumstances; others are...
by Heidi Kasevich It was dark. Coyote-dark. Spider-dark. On a Friday night in October, I found myself cruising down an obscure parkway in Georgia named after a not-so-obscure Confederate general. What was I, a New Yorker, doing in the woods in an enormous black Camry? With...
via Psychology Today by Tchiki Davis It turns out that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. And these days our minds are always off somewhere. There’s a lot to think about—politics, pandemics, extreme weather, oh my! According to a Harvard study conducted by Dr. Matt Killingsworth,...