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4 Gratitude Tips to Boost Your Abundance
Do you crave more? More money, time, love, happiness? Whether you want to make a huge change in your life, or simply find peace with everything around you, including with your finances, gratitude is...
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Paying Happiness Forward, one “Art Drop” at a time
Lindsay DeAlba believes what she is getting from her art is worth more than money. Follow Lindsay’s project on Instagram @Lindsaydotart. (Story originally published on NBC Bay Area, 7/21/15) My life...
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6 Reasons Kindness Matters in Work and in Life
I’m sitting in my study on a glorious almost-summer morning. The coastal fog is still swirling in its morning dance with the sun. “Who will win today?”, they seem to say as they challenge each other...
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10 Things That Real Friends Do
Some believe that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. This goes for friendships, too. Here are some of the qualities that I am grateful for in my friends. While...
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If you want to be happy, BE.
Happy last moments of summer! My balcony plants are blooming. The sunsets every evening are glorious. Schools are still out and folks are relishing this last sweet summer month. For many like...
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Innovative education system collaborates with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr....
NEW DELHI, JULY 2012: “Don’t worry Sir I’ll manage, I don’t know how, but I’ll manage. “ Two years ago, I had just turned 26 and was right in the middle of a three-week recruiting campaign. My...
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The Top 3 Surprising Ways You May Be Sabotaging Your Own Happiness
If you ever ask people what they want most out of their life, one of the most common responses you will get is this: “I just want to be happy.” The search for true happiness has been an ongoing...
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Is Happiness a Choice?
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON HUFFPO So far, over 2.5 million people have seen the post, over 25,000 have shared it and the comments just keep coming. What’s up? The cartoon says: “Every single day you make...
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5 Vital Keys to Health and Wellbeing
I was a sickly child and I hated being sick. In my early 20s (which was 54 years ago!) I decided that I was done being sick and done not having energy to do all the things I wanted to do. I started...
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10 Things Creative People Do
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON HUFFPO, May 12, 2014 Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that...
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The Power of Willingness
“Faces of Happiness” photo by Mia McCormick from Colorado! Recovering from a serious illness, then facing more surgeries to deal with chronic debilitating pain, taught me a lot about the importance of...
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3 Triggers Every Parent Needs to Know
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON HUFFPO, FEB 5, 2015 “Help me — I feel alone, trapped and my options are down to zero.” There isn’t a week that goes by without hearing that another teen has attempted or...
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How To Meet All Of Life With Love
Is meeting every person, experience and situation in your life from a place of Love really possible? Or is this amazing experience available only to enlightened masters, or those meditating many...
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Happiness for High Achievers
High achievers are used to getting what they want. They set their mind to something and achieve it, which makes them feel great. So they’re happy, right? Unfortunately, the happiness halo of the...
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How to Create More Magic in Your Life
Do remember the last time that you said “Wow!”? Did it happen while you were… … witnessing a beautiful sunset? … watching a movie or musical performance that took your breath away? … playing with a...
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Why to create a meaningful DIY gift
If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? When my dear father-in-law, Norm, died a couple years ago, we all...
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When the Google Search Fails: 5 Ways to Navigate Uncertainty
I am the kind of person that wants immediate answers to the big, un-answerable questions of life. Lately, I have found my mind wishing I could just type those bigger life-questions into a Google...
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What Stops Us From Being Happy?
It’s the one thing everyone wants and we spend our lives pursuing it, but in this day and age it seems to be becoming more elusive. The word ‘happiness’ is bandied about a lot these days, it appears...
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Why Creativity Makes Us Feel More Alive
In my 20’s there were days, I felt unhappy. Days, I didn’t want to get out of bed. There was always something calling to me, though, whispering to pull me out of the dull drums. Something saying,...
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Resentment VS. Forgiveness: What is the difference?
“I’ll never forgive Andrew for what he did to me. He doesn’t deserve my forgiveness,” Carolyn told me in one of our early phone sessions. Carolyn’s focus was on whether or not Andrew deserved to be...
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5 Reminders to Make it a Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday as it brings us back to the important things in life… and we’re not talking about cyberweek or Black Friday specials! This is a time to take in the moment, slow down...
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What if Airing Our Weaknesses Was Actually a Sign of Strength?
For a long time, I’ve held the optimistic notion that most people want to believe what they do is righteous. As much injustice as there is, most of us are simply scrambling up Maslow’s hierarchy (or...
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“The Happiness Equation” for Parenting and Life
My husband stands next to me in the kitchen of our humble south Florida home. Nearby, our 27-month-old son Taber plays with yellow construction trucks. I breathe in the beauty of daily things and begin...
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What Does It Actually Mean To Love Yourself?
Many of us know that we need to be loving to ourselves, but what does this actually mean? Since most of us had little or no role modeling regarding loving ourselves when we were growing up, it’s often...
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Mental Wealth: Are Your Investments All in Your Head?
That’s not a typo…I DO mean ‘Mental Wealth’, not ‘Mental Health’. ‘Wealth’ evokes images of abundance. It’s a ‘happy’ word no matter how you look at it. ‘Health’, on the other hand, can go either way....
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3 Simple Ways to Start Living a Life in Gratitude
The science is in! And it undoubtedly proves that gratitude is more than just a simple sentiment. Studies link gratitude to a stronger immune system, lower blood pressure, better sleep quality, reduced...
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Why Being Vulnerable is the Only Way to Real Connection
“Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment. It is the birthplace of everything we’re hungry for. “ –Brene Brown If you’ve lived long enough, you have been hurt several times in...
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Gratitude: Good Medicine for Stress and Striving
ShareThe Stanford student approached me after the second session of our Exploring Happiness course. “I’m sorry but I have to drop your class. The course conflicts with my family values.” Perplexed, I...
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Interview with Hector Estrada, Agent of Happiness
ShareHector Estrada is a true Agent of Happiness. Born in Mexico, he arrived in the United States with only a dream. He wanted to express his authentic self and create beauty. Against all odds, he...
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5 Lessons Teenage Boys Learn from the Natural World
Share One mile in either direction, the river explodes with speed and force, waterfalls crash in a soul-stirring chorus. Between the falls, however, the water fans into a forested floodplain, carving...
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3 Choices to Bust You Out of Stress
ShareThere is not a day that passes without stressful situations, people or thoughts. The fast pace of work, uncompromising drive to perform, competitive nature of people and lack of down time all...
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The 3 Ingredients for a Supportive Self Care Ritual
Share When you were in school, did you take a class about taking good care of yourself? Probably not. Like doing laundry and effective housecleaning techniques, taking good care of ourselves – e.g....
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10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me as a Teenage Boy
One punch came at me, I ducked. Another punch came at me, I could not quite duck. The punch landed square on the side of my helmet. I turned starry eyed and fell back into the lockers. My teammates...
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The backbone of happiness: How posture makes us better people
If you are anything like me, the idea of sitting or standing with erect posture has a place in your heart like cold showers or marathons. It is probably good for you but a little intense. When I was...
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5 Reasons Why it’s Important to Commemorate Special Occasions
“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung...
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How to Get Unstuck: 7 Ways to Find Your Flow
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON HUFFPO Do you ever have those days when you feel stuck? You know, those days when it’s kind of foggy: Life is good enough but doesn’t grab you, move you or make you feel like...
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7 Qualities of a Happy Mom
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON HUFFPO The saying goes that when Mom is happy, everyone’s happy. But in this busy world, where the ultimate luxury may be a full night’s sleep, here are seven qualities that...
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Don’t Smile for the Camera, Smile for Yourself
Laughter may actually be the best medicine! People define happiness in many different ways, but at its core, leading researchers have proven that happiness involves feeling positive emotions that...
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How to Expand Your International Day of Happiness All Year Long
This year, you have a choice. Though International Day of Happiness is a great excuse to celebrate happiness one day a year, why not use the day to kick-start your happiest year ever? Sounds good so...
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Beauty as a Force For Change
Project Happiness Founder and CEO, Randy Taran, recently had the opportunity to chat with award winning cinematographer, Louie Schwartzberg, about happiness, purpose and opening up to the beauty of...
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5 Simple Lessons About Happiness I Learned From My Children
Children are wiser than most of us acknowledge and have a great deal to teach us. They interact with the world in an unassuming way, not yet programmed by the routine thinking of the adult world. My...
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7 Happiness Habits, Backed-by-Science
Although happiness is a timeless and universal human quest, only in recent years has research turned its focus on how happiness can be sustained and increased. Science has now confirmed that with...
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The Stealthy Way to Manage Your Inner Critic
Let me introduce you to someone who’s been pretty central in my life: my inner critic. My critic’s been with me for about as long as I can remember, following me around with a lot of Very Important...
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Outdoor Mindfulness Exercises for Earth Day
All of us are reliant upon the sun for energy, the earth for food, trees for air, and water for drinking. But when we go about our busy lives, it is easy to take the water, air and plants around us for...
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What is the difference between Mindfulness, meditation and Meditation...
Over the past few years, the idea of living mindfully and practicing mindfulness has captured the collective imagination of people all around the world. From the streets of Bali to boardrooms in...
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What The Moon Can Teach Us About Appreciation
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re currently on a planet floating in space. Yes, this beautiful brilliant home we call Earth, and Friday (Earth Day) was the one day a year we rededicate...
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No One Need Wait a Single Moment to Improve the World
“How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” – Anne Frank I once heard Dieter F. Uchtdorf speak about a group of men in Germany who wanted to move a full concert-sized...
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5 Reasons Why Hiking Can Truly Make You Happy
John Muir put it perfectly when he said that “in every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” I haven’t always been a hiker and it’s only recently that I’ve discovered how relaxing and...
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The Spice That Makes You Happier
These days there seems to always be a new vegetable or supplement I “should” be consuming, and frankly, it’s hard to keep up and even harder to figure out practical ways to bring them into my diet. You...
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The AWEgust Challenge starts today!
AWE: “An experience of such perceptual vastness you literally have to reconfigure your mental models of the world to assimilate it.” ~Jason Silva Consider, when was the last time your were awe-struck?...
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