Life is busy, crazy-busy sometimes. Most folks can relate to getting caught up in the daily grind, and how things can go sideways and wrong for us. This may create a gloomy experience and outlook, overlooking and taking for granted…
Everyone has their 'ups-and-downs', and for some folks down moods can be emotionally and physically exhausting, draining motivation, drive, interest and energy. Although sadness, depression can be tough, research has shown that there are some very effective strategies to get…
Cultivate happiness? Kind of sounds like a farming, but happiness is something that can be amplified, so let's look at the handful of deliberate ideas that can increase your degree of happiness. Pay Attention The research coming out of the…
Finding Happiness: Research shows that up to 40% of one's happiness is influenced by our habits, particularly our thought habits and patterns, in addition to our behavioural habits, such as level of activity, exercising, spending time with people. The breakdown…
Living in the Moment: Living in the moment improves our happiness, mood, reducing stress and anxiety. It is a fundamental part of the Happiness-Formula. But it's hard to live in the moment, especially when you are dwelling on past and/or…
Cultivating Happiness: A key contributing factors to happiness is having active supportive relationships. Research shows happy people tend to have a broad base of supportive relationships, including family, friends, and social circles. Investing time, effort and energy into relationships is…
Research shows that when people intentionally emphasizing gratefulness, adopting an attitude of gratitude, a positive and encouraging perspective, especially regarding children and teens, good things happen. There is a significant positive impact on mental health, relationship satisfaction, life satisfaction, self-worth…
CBT and Happiness: The last post gave a broad overview of the "Happiness-Formula", remarking on what science tells us are the most important aspects of our lives. This is good to know, because if you do something about these areas,…
Cultivating Happiness Like many, if you've been sitting around waiting for happiness to happen or show up somehow, well you can stop waiting. It's not going to show up. The good news is that science and research tells us that…
When dealing with depression, taking action, any action, is better than doing nothing. For some, taking a step towards doing something is often emotionally, and physically, challenging. But it is worth it. And doing things that are proven to work…