On Letting Go of the Past and Being Happy Today
I sat with a young woman recenlty who continues to suffer from events that occurred long ago. She shared with me that she longs to be happy, but doesn’t know how. Of course, there is no simple answer...
View ArticleWhy We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy
I found this cartoon at theragblog.blogspot.com In Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy James A. Roberts explores the hidden motivations and false...
View ArticleMoney, Generosity and Happiness
Economist and professor, John Jelliwell, presented an excellent talk at the Dali Lama Center entitled, “Money, Generosity, and Happiness.” The talk is only 20 minutes long and I believe it’s well...
View ArticleWhat Can Offer You More Money, Power, Freedom, Greater Health and Can Help...
In a funny, thought provoking, (sometimes scary) and inspiring TED talk of less than 20 minutes, Roger Doiron (one of Maine’s own) shares how growing our own gardens can improve our health and...
View ArticleOne of the Greatest Discoveries of Our Era
Diane Ackerman wrote in the New York Times, “A relatively new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly...
View ArticleThe Surprising Science Behind Happiness
In a short TED talk, Nancy Etcoff, evolutionary psychologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical school, discusses (among other things) what cognitive science can tell us about the ways in which we...
View ArticleBecoming Holy: Three Questions to Ask Each Day
I listened to a talk by Jean Houston on Gaiam TV today and was moved tremendously by one observation she made in particular. She noted that each of us gets wounded during our life times, and that if...
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