Practice Forgiveness Let’s talk about the second wall of our “Inner Home for Happiness,” “The Pillar of the Heart.” The guideline for this pillar is “lead with love.” The first habit I want to talk about is practicing forgiveness. Forgiveness is an emotion-focused coping strategy that can reduce health risks and promote healthy resilience. Forgiveness … Read more

In my last post you read about the first construct of your “Inner Home for Happiness,” the foundation. Today, we move to the first wall or pillar of the house, “the mind.” Would it surprise you to know that you don’t have to believe everything you think? This is the over-arching premise of “the pillar … Read more

In my last post you learned some basics about mindfulness. Today I want to tie this into embracing happiness. In Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, Marci Shimoff and Carol Cline talk about our “Inner Home for Happiness.” They use the metaphor of a house to illustrate that … Read more

Do you freeze up or shut down when confronted by conflict? Do you wish you had more control over your reactions? Is life so stressful at times that you just don’t know what to do? Cultivating a mindful approach will enable you to choose your responses rather than reacting. It will help you to think … Read more

In the Happy for No Reason self-help model, we learn that our sense of life satisfaction or happiness manifests on a continuum ranging from being unhappy low or dispirited, to happy for bad reasons such as addiction. The next level is happy for good reasons such as getting that dream job or finding the love … Read more