July 2016

via the Huffington Post by Lindsay Holmes New Year's resolutions often focus on improving physical health, but what if you focused on mental health this year? While the culture at large often dismisses mental self-care, in part because of the stigma against those facing mental illness, emotional...

Achieving happiness, I believe, requires little more than practicing a few simple disciplines each and every day. And so with your happiness in mind, I'm very happy to share with you this great article listing 11 things super happy people do every day to boost and...

I love this article! I frequently talk about how we can enjoy more happiness by reducing the extent to which we allow things to annoy or irritate us. Much of this, and much of happiness more generally comes down to expectations; but this article also touches on...

The anatomy of meaningful work - by Nico Rose via Fulfillment Daily The Challenge: Sometimes finding meaningful work seems to be just a mix of luck and intuition. The Science: A recent study reveals common components of fulfilling work. The Solution: Use these gauges to find work that is...

via News.com.au by Nela Canovic YOU may be smart, but without emotional intelligence your career will suffer. So-called “soft skills” are vital for navigating complex social situations. Communication, language, personal habits and empathy with others all play a role. For example, a key soft skill is discretion —...

Over the years I've increasingly described happiness as being LESS clean and bright and simple and MORE dirty and dark and complex. That might surprise some people but the reality is, that no one's happy ALL the time and now matter how great our lives might...

via Business Insider by Elle Kaplan We often focus only on learning skills that are directly pertinent to our job during the busy workweek. Wealthy and successful people, on the other hand, know that there are some other skills outside of their job description that can also...

via Bustle by Erica Florentine All of us want to be happy, am I right? A lot of times it can seem a lot easier said than done, though. There are ways we miss out on being happy that are so minute we might not even...