Train for Life

Category: Being Present

  • Happy New Year

    As 2021 washes away, how about making a New Year resolution to be a “compassionate mess”? This means that instead of focusing on getting it right, we focus on opening our hearts. Even though it’s important to try to alleviate our suffering by making needed changes in our lives, the truth is we’ll surely fail…

  • Laughter is Medicine

    While the holiday season can bring much happiness and joy, this time can also bring tears and sadness. This year, 2020, is no exception.  It is okay to be sad. It is okay to cry. It is okay to show your true feelings. Everybody and every body have positive and negative emotions. The key is to have a…

  • Motivation Monday

    Motivation Monday

    Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly the way you are. — Ariana Grande * Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. — Mary Tyler…

  • Welcome December

    Welcome December

    To subscribe to the Monthly Happiness Calendar for Google or iCal, visit the Greater Good Science Center

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Stop! Look! Express Gratitude. We all need more “stop signs” in our lives. Time to relax, reflect, and appreciate.  What are you are grateful for this year?

  • Talk Tuesday

    Where are you located today? If you are below the line, what small change can you make today to step above the line? If you are above the line, how will you maintain this behavior? Adopt a growth mindset. Be a life-longer learner. Open your mind to new ideas. Get curious. Express your creativity. Play, often.  If…

  • Motivation Monday

    If you don’t love yourself, nobody else will. Not only that, but you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self. — Dr. Wayne Dyer How will you be kind to yourself this week? What new loving kindness habits will you start? * Invite yourself to move out of established thought patterns, and realize that there…

  • Motivation Monday

      Only insecure people need security. Secure people know that there’s no such thing. Security comes from within, when you know you can handle anything. — Dr. Wayne Dyer * Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction. — Margaret Thatcher…

  • Welcome November

  • Wellness Wednesday