When I first heard about Positive Psychology and character strengths it was from the most unlikely of sources. A positive psychologist (I forget who) was quoted in a glossy magazine spread about body image as saying something (I forget what) about overcoming anxiety...
Being kind makes us feel great. There is a mountain of research that outlines the benefits of performing acts of kindness. It improves our physical as well as our psychological health, so with anxiety and depression at an all-time high could kindness be the perfect...
We have all most likely seen newsfeeds, and clips on social media of people performing random acts of kindness. The definition of a random act of kindness or RAOK is a selfless act performed by kind people to either help or cheer up a random stranger for no other...
Love. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best. “Hate can not drive out hate, only love can do that”. It’s true for our new trend in mindfulness as well (well, ‘new’ in that the Western civilizations have finally accepted it from the ancient wisdoms of...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me. The master, Aretha Franklin sang it into our hearts. Today, two hard limits come to mind when I think about people living their best lives. Or, teaching others to live their best lives. Dignity Respect They go hand in hand....
Our thoughts define how we live. The way we think shapes our world. The noetic, thought provoking conversations we have in our head lead us to everything else. Attitude. World views. Happiness levels. People we align with. The way we live our lives. The food we eat....
I’ve been studying universal energy known as Reiki for the past year and a half. I’ve become a Reiki master, which simply means that I’ve studied three levels of Reiki. The micro, meso and macro levels of how energy can transform a pain body into a non-pain body. Not...
I’m about to turn 54. Simplicity is my only mission. I’m told not to talk about my age. I’m told that I’ll have fewer chances. I have experienced being aged out. It came on the back of a wave of trauma, so I didn’t notice it at first, but...
I’ve been thinking about warmth a lot lately. I’ve decided not to live without it at all. I live in a place where until the past few years, we anticipated snow by October and a final frost all the way into April or May. Is it one of the happiest places on...
When is it time to remove yourself from a group or quit a job? How about when you’re in a volunteer group or an organization you joined for fun? You join a group or organisation for fun then something happens along the way and you get that feeling in your gut that...