Last week, I went to a party and met a young single mother of two. While I sat very close to her, she never really spoke to me directly. I only overheard her conversations and small talk with her friends and I am sure she overheard me chatting with others too. I’m pretty loud so you can’t really miss me. I had seen this young lady before a few other tim[...]
What did you do when you woke up this morning? Is it the same thing that you did the day before, and the day before that? Do you remember if you put any thought into the activities you did this morning? Probably not or you might still be doing them. The reason is that our brains would literally shut down if we had to think about the process for every single[...]
Here is an exercise for you. Don’t think about apples. Don’t think about juicy red apples. Don’t think about the beautiful trees that produce juicy red apples. What are you thinking about right now? Probably apples. How often do you hear yourself saying, “I don’t want to do this or that” and then you do it anyways. According to Steve Andres and C[...]
In yoga, they say that standing on your head gives you a different perspective. In Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), they say, “If what you are doing isn’t working, do something else. Do anything else.” If you are stuck in a rut and searching for change, it requires that you do something different. You can’t expect anything to change doing the s[...]
Here is an exercise for you. Pull out your journal and write a sentence with these words. Resistance. Fear. Habit. Power. Hope. When you are done writing this sentence, scroll down and continue reading this blog post for a meditation exercise. You can even write your sentence in the comments below. What sentence did you write? Did you use all o[...]
Sofia is sitting in her office looking out the window, counting the minutes until 5 o'clock! She thinks to herself, “This week sucks! I wish it was already next month so I could go on my vacation, and then I’ll be happy.” Poor Sofia, wishing her life away for a one week vacation. What will she do when she gets back to work after her vacation, wish fo[...]
Mary and Judy were childhood best friends. They did everything together and grew up living very similar lives. After college, they both got married and had children. They kept in touch as much as possible but grew apart throughout the years. Mary was very happy and had a positive attitude. When life threw her lemons, she made buckets of sweet, delicious l[...]
What is happiness? Well isn’t that the billion dollar question?! Since the beginning of time, people have been trying to figure this out. In recent years, researchers have studied people to explore what makes them happy. What they found is that happiness is not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that you can pursue or find. You have to practice hap[...]
As a happiness coach, people always ask me, “Are you ever not happy.” I usually respond with “Heck yeah, I go through the array of emotions just like everybody else, just ask my kids.” The difference is that I have trained my brain to be aware of these emotions so that I don’t stay in them for too long. It is something I work on daily for several[...]
Meditation is so good for the mind and the body. The research has proved this time and time again. When I started meditating, I didn't know what I was doing or if it was working. Eventually, as time went by, I started to see subtle changes in my mind and body. Like I could breathe better when I ran or I was calmer with my children. There were some defini[...]