The Happiness Project

Favorite question for decisions: "If I felt no fear, would this be my decision?" 🤔

Have you noticed that dark times feels like they will never stop?
And it always does.

One thing I've learned: love must flow both ways. You must accept help to allow the flow of love.

I have noticed that when people feel mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausted in a negative way, they can check in with their inner knowing and tell that they are not in line with what their personal True North is.

No one else can know your True North. No one can dictate your direction with certainty. Only you can. To listen to your spirit is to be inspired, or in sync with spirit. To be out of sync dispirits, but only 100% of the time.

Are you happy with how you react in the worst of times?
If not, this can change.

This article has a lot of great insight about past relationships that still hurt. The emotional processing needed to work through the related grief could be done using Therapeutic Mindfulness (book on Amazon) or with the help of an EMDR trained therapist.

The Relationship You Need to Grieve The parent who never seemed interested in who you actually were.

If a gratitude practice never spoke to you, try a practice of pausing and deeply appreciating this moment.

Want more joy? Look here!

Pause and Notice Simple Joys Good morning! I hope you are enjoying the day. I mean that literally. When clients see me for therapy, we often focus on problems to be improved upon. This is appropriate since my skillset can often help. Also, many therapists including myself encourage clients to use coping skills. I've also come t...

Did you pause to notice how much you enjoyed something today?
If not, now's the moment!!

I'm very grateful that I got to teach Therapeutic Mindfulness online to college students in New Jersey as part of a mindfulness course. The students said that the demonstration inspired them to do more of their own self-growth work.

I find this beautiful: all of our self-growth improves our lives but also the lives of all those we touch.