Category: Happiness

  • Spring for Hygge

    As the winter chill comes to an end, we need to continue one winter trend: Hygge Pronounced HOO-guh What is Hygge? It is a Danish wellness concept and often translated as “coziness.”  A Danish anthropologist, Jeppe Trolle Linnet, Ph.D. refers to it as “a situation that is pleasant, relaxed, devoid of demands, where you can be…

  • Monday Motivation

    In Memory of the Courageous and Brilliant Stephen Hawking. Hawking taught the world that despite falling to physical disability or injury, an individual still has a strong mind to be curious and wise. Move past your physical barriers and focus on increasing your mental strength. You are stronger than you think. Some of Hawking’s most inspiring quotes: “We are just an advanced…

  • Monday Motivation

    Learn from past mistakes. Move beyond yesterday’s failures. Do not fret about regret. For it is through our mistakes, failures, and regrets, we become strong, resilient individuals; mended, healed, and bright beings.

  • Monday Motivation

    A new week to just be you.

  • TED Talk Tuesday

    When was the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Andy Puddicombe is a “mindfulness expert” and discusses the transformative power of refreshing your mind for 10 minutes each day by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. You do not need to light incense or sit…

  • Monday Motivation

    What is your purpose? What is your passion?

  • Monday Motivation

    What makes you happy? What makes you come alive, or “lights your fire”? When negative thoughts enter your mind, think of one thing that makes you smile. Allow this smile to fight your negativity with a vengeance.  You are stronger than you think.

  • TED Talk Tuesday

    It is the beginning of a new year: A fresh start. What challenges will you face? What new lifestyle habits will define you? How will you be healthy, or healthier? How will you be happy? In Dan Buettner’s TED Talk, How to live to be 100+, he speaks about the path to a long and healthy life. Buettner…

  • Monday Motivation

    A compliment for you, and a compliment for all! Do you need words of encouragement to move more, eat healthier, relieve stress, or simply put, get through life? Do you want to reach out to a close family member, friend, co-worker, or neighbor who is in the midst of a difficult time? Print this flyer, fill in the blank, and post at…

  • Monday Motivation

    5 Elements of Goals to Make You Come Alive – and the goals stick!   Positive psychology “pioneer,” Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania shares how to develop five different elements of wellbeing from positive emotions to a sense of meaning. The more elements a person experiences while pursuing his/her goal, the more likely…