All over the world tomorrow public screenings will be held of the award winning documentary, “Happy.” Over the course of six years, Roko Belic and his crew travelled too 14 countries and spoke to numerous people from various cultures and demographics and to experts in the field of positive psychology in order to discover how [...]
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World Happy Day is February 12, 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Winter Solstice 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here in the northern hemisphere tomorrow is the winter solstice, an acknowledgement of that darkness which marks the longest night and shortest day of the year. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote the following on Darkness: “You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the [...]
Matthew Fox, Peter Reason and Falling in Love at Least Three Times a Day
Posted in american pathology, awe and wonder, healing, marriage counseling, matthew fox, psychotherapy, transformation, Uncategorized on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By following Matthew Fox’s advice to fall in love at least three times a day, we are more likely to experience the sacred.
For the Artist at the Start of the Day
Posted in awe and wonder, creativity, meaning, Uncategorized, wisdom, tagged awe and wonder, life as art, morning rituals on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How we greet the day shapes it….
Free Class on December 29th on What Happy People Know
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On December 29th from 7:00 to 9:00 I’ll be offering a free class at SagePlace entitled, ““What Happy People Know:The Art and Science of Happiness.” The class will explore lessons taken from both ancient wisdom and modern science about what the happiest people know, do and believe and how we too can achieve the greatest [...]
The Approach of Winter and The Wisdom of Shauna Niequest
Posted in Uncategorized, wisdom on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The importance of savoring the sweet and accepting the bitter with an open heart.
Juliet Scholl, Plentitude and What a Wonderful World it Could Be (Part One)
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Worried about the earth and the economy? Spend five minutes viewing the above video produced by The Center for a New American Dream for some excellent information and inspiration based on Juliet Schor’s excellent book, “Plentitude: The New Economics of True Wealth.” You can also read her blog , view her lecture , and read [...]
Andrew Solomon, The Noon Day Demon, Out of the Shadows, and Depression
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The above is a presentation by Andrew Solomon, author of “The Noon Day Demon” at Beth Isreal Hospital talking about his struggle with major depression. Solomon gave the following advice to those struggling with depression during an interview with PBS. “First piece of advice: Deal with it early. Don’t wait until it escalates out of [...]
2 Wonderful Positive Psychology Resources for Parents and Grandparents
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As a grandmother, I’m always looking for things to do, places to go, ways to teach, and resources to enhance Skylar’s and Willow’s well-being. Here are two that I want to share with you today (every now and then I’ll add more.) The first is Raising Happiness a terrific website that provides a great deal [...]