Imagine I decided a particular event was disdainful. Not just that it may cause me some pain or a distressed emotional state. But that I really don’t like when it happens. Now whenever this event occurs, I find myself in a great deal of misery. Even just the potential of it occurring leaves me anxious […]
What Promises Are You Making?
“The thing that makes someone swipe right on you on Tinder may not be what you want to be in the long run” Seth Godin I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation where we tell ourselves we “need” to do this to get what we want. It could be work. It could be education. […]
Bio-Hacking Our Happiness And Joy
Most of us want to strive for a sense of long-lasting happiness. One that feels deep and doesn’t fade easily. We have some intuitive sense of what we perhaps consider better indicators of joy. than others. But how do we know whether we are creating the types of happiness that we want to have in […]
Your Vulnerability Is The Permission For Your Joy
“When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding” Dr. Brene Brown, The Power of Vulnerability Sometimes it can be really hard to be happy. That may not surprise you. But what I mean is that even in a happy setting, we don’t feel as joyous as we could. We can easily hold ourselves […]
The Warranty We’ll Never Get On Our Phones
One of the biggest devices to get excited about is a new phone. New models have a giddy appeal. We get excited about all the new features we have access to. Some people take the time to research safety though. What if their phone breaks? What if it gets stolen? We start to look in […]
Building Latent Joy
We’ve heard the phrase that “once you’re happy with what you have, you have everything you need.” Nice saying. But all that is for me is a nice poster to look at in a coffee shop. Hearing that phrase used to go in my head, stir some nice feelings, and left the instant I saw […]