Category: Relationships
Relationships are important to happiness, so nurturing your social skills would seem a pretty wise happiness strategy. Now, is that something you can get from a book? Well, yes …
When ‘they’ won’t change – what should you do? You can’t change someone else. And pressuring them to change tends to make them dig their heels in further. We …
When you’ve forgotten what you ever saw in them – what should you do? The things we find attractive or endearing at first – Cuthbert’s slight arrogance, Mavis’s raucous …
As Thursday is Valentine’s Day, this week we turn to some relationship-themed happiness strategies. Today – a happiness strategy for singles looking for love: When you’re waiting …
Web MD has an article called Strategies for Happiness: 7 Steps to Becoming a Happier Person By Tom Valeo. Reviewed by Cynthia Dennison Haines, MD. Here’s a quick summary …
In this 12-minute TED talk, Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman shares simple yet profound insights about happiness. If you don’t want to watch the video (don’t worry – you won’t …
During the break at a recent Web 2.0 talk I overhead people saying the talk was pitched too high and they weren’t following. They invested a lot of energy …
In one of those ‘gifts with purchase’ from Estee Lauder* I received a lipstick in a shade I loved. Alas, on only the second use it broke. I took …
I was cycling at the gym the other day when the guy on the next bike started chatting. (The etiquette of working out is a whole other topic on which …
I’m rather loose when it comes to compliments. I sprinkle those babies like chocolate on my triple-shot cappuccino. It’s almost embarrassing how often I catch myself telling a complete …