Research shows that happiness is something we can pass on to our children. We literally teach them how to be happy, by being happy ourselves. How much is that worth? Think how much do we spend on coffee, smokes or other “treats” in a year? If we buy one coffee every day for $6, that …
Money stories we tell ourselves
“I’ve never been good with money.” “I hate budgets.” “I will never get a well-paid job” “My business will never make a 6-figure income” If you’ve ever heard these statements come out of your mouth—or even in your head—then you’re engaging in a damaging habit known as negative self-talk. By telling yourself these lies (and …
Fighting Fair
Fighting with our spouse, partner, friend or family member can be painful for all involved. Here are some fair fighting rules that will help with relationship conflict. In all honesty, it is hard to stay with “fair fighting rules” once our emotions get up, and we are in the middle of a strong discussion. What …
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a process where someone who has been wronged, makes a choice, to let go of their anger and resentment. Forgiveness does not mean we forget, or condone the wrongdoing, grant legal mercy, or reconcile a relationship. We can forgive a person while in no way believing that their actions were justified or acceptable. …
Why Him changing, won’t make You Happy
Sometimes we believe that things outside of us have to change, before we will be happy. For example, we may think, I will be happy; when I lose weight, or when I get a boyfriend, or when I buy a house, or when my husband stops drinking etc, etc. We put off being happy until …
Change your life in 17 minutes
If we spend 100 hours learning to do an activity that interests us, we would expect to have gained quite a lot of skill in that area. But the amazing thing is, that 100 hours is just 17 minutes a day, for one year. 17 minutes a day does not sound at all significant. But …
Overcoming Overwhelm
Overwhelm. We all know what this feels like, right. Our mind are full of decisions we need to make, emotions we have not dealt with, lists of things we feel like we “should” do and much more. We are trying to balance home, work, health, and often kids. And sometimes it just feels like TOO …
The Power of Words
There is real power in words. And some of the most important words we will say in our life, are the words we say to ourselves, about ourselves. What are the labels we give ourselves? Did we choose those labels, or were they given to us by someone else? Up-lifting positive words, can change lives …
Have More Happiness
We all want to have more happiness in our life. We often talk about “pursuing” happiness as if it is something concrete, that we can acquire, if we try hard enough. According to Psychologist Bridget Grenville-Cleave , the amount of happiness we experience depends on how we spend our time, and our outlook on life. …
Not all Negative Emotions are Bad.
We are told we should always try to think and feel positive, and there is something wrong with us if we have negative thoughts, and feelings. However, as humans, we have been given a range of emotions, and half of them are negative emotions. For a moment, let’s consider that we are meant to …