Category: Tools to Increase Happiness

Trained Dogs and Stillness Brains are amazing organs. They keep our heart beating, lungs breathing, chemicals circulating around our body in the right amounts at the right times. They are great for solving problems but can also be equally great at causing problems. All of us can think of a…

Gratitude in Action In conclusion of this week in gratitude, please watch this great video from SoulPancake and conduct the experiment yourself. You’ll be happier for it!

What if I don’t really feel grateful? When we think about being grateful for the things we have in our lives, sometimes we can experience resistance. We feel grateful but there is a nagging thought that prevents us from feeling wholly grateful.   Gratitude: We might feel so grateful for our…

Would you do this? In keeping with the connection theme this week I had to share Soul Pancake’s video. Watch until the end so you can hear the participants share their experiences.   

The Where and How of  Connecting with New People Connecting with others is like happiness vitamin C. It is vital to our overall psychological well being. Expanding our social circle can be difficult as adults  but here are some ways to make new connections with people: Join Meet Up to find…

  Are your thoughts helping or hindering you? We often have conversations with ourselves on various topics. Optimistic people tend to have more positive conversations whereas pessimists tend to have conversations that are more negative in nature. Although there is some advantage to having a pessimistic perspective when you are making…

So often we find ourselves feeling less than happy. We may be thinking of something that is no longer happening (interaction with another person that went poorly, telling self how self is not good enough, etc) or hasn’t happened yet (have to go to work on Monday, have to do…