Category: A-Z of Happiness

Jane labels herself ‘fat’. She thinks, sees and refers to herself as fat, mentally curling her lip as she does so, just to ram home how distasteful she finds it. Although it’s perfectly true that she has more body fat than she wants, labeling herself as fat reduces everything about her to the extra weight.… Continue reading A-Z of Happiness: L is for Labels

Stories are great. They neatly explain why the same old crap keeps coming our way or why we just can’t catch a break, while completely letting us off the hook. If we trot out our story, we don’t have to look at ourselves – at what we might be doing to create or contribute to… Continue reading A-Z of Happiness: S is for Stories