Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
This article explores how reclaiming independent thinking and allowing ourselves to doubt can guide us toward a more authentic and fulfilling life, free from rigid external authorities. By questioning our beliefs and exploring our inner wisdom and values, we unlock our potential and foster self-awareness. Cultivating inner resources and embracing the faith to doubt can lead to profound personal growth.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Combat fear-based propaganda and understand political fear tactics. Learn how these influences affect society and discover ways to build resilience.
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- Written by: Ray Cappo
I was leading a big group of US and European students through holy places in northern India and bringing my ten-year-old daughter for her second trip. For a kid, it was an adventure to another world. This annual pilgrimage revealed profound spiritual experiences and the joy of discovering new depths of spirituality.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Stay grounded and maintain mental well-being with effective strategies to find calm amidst the chaos of today's world. Discover how mindfulness, exercise, and strong social connections can help you navigate personal and global challenges with resilience and optimism.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “True intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing thoughts and remain functional.” He was right. It’s easier to polarize to one position and get stuck there.
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- Written by: Sam Carr, University of Bath
The loneliness myth: what our shared stories of feeling alone reveal about why you can’t ‘fix’ this very human experience
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
When we need to perform a new task, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when it involves other people. The stress induced by the initial event combined with our emotions inhibits one’s ability to be clear and engage in present-time thinking.
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- Written by: Lode Godderis, KU Leuven
Burnt out? This is how your employer can help you return to work for the better
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- Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Before one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as Bill W., launched the program, Jung told him that the craving for alcohol, or spirits, was equivalent, on a low level, to the thirst for Spirit, or union with god.
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- Written by: Nicola Amadora PhD
Spiritual awakening is lopsided, if it doesn’t lead to engaging and taking action in the world. But, sometimes we think that the only way to make a difference is by doing something grand, and then we discount those smaller acts, or do nothing instead.
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- Written by: Marianne Williamson
The original Mother's Day Proclamation (in 1870) was a statement of mothers who had lost sons in the North joined with mothers who had lost sons in the South during the Civil War, proclaiming a day once a year for a "general congress of women" to declare the end to war and the creation of peace.
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- Written by: Mónica Esgueva
As Martin Luther King once said: “Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. You don’t even have to make your subjects and verbs agree to serve. You only require a heart full of grace.” Grace arises when we act with others on behalf of the world.
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- Written by: Lawrence Doochin
Did we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what we’re told by the government or others in positions of authority, like a job supervisor?
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
When we say such things as "You hurt me," "You made me do it," "You made me angry," or "You make me crazy” we are giving in to the impulse to blame our feelings externally. Blaming others for what we’re experiencing creates feelings of separation and...
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- Written by: Joshua Forstenzer, University of Sheffield
Radical Optimism is Dua Lipa’s philosophy for dealing with life’s chaos – but radical openness is a better approach.
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
My grandfather was stern and bitter. Earlier in his life, he had owned a business with his brother, and he felt that his brother had cheated him. He often obsessed about that supposed injustice, even to me as a little girl. He wanted me to know every single detail.
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- Written by: Chloe Panta
Even if someone did something unspeakable to you or to someone you know, if you hold on to your anger, you are only hurting yourself.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
We need to embrace the planet and its inhabitants with the same care and concern we feel for ourselves. There are no “others” on this planet, no strangers. We are all partners, fellow explorers of the realms of life on a small and already overpopulated and overexploited planet.
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- Written by: Kate King
If there’s one phrase in the English language that has both befuddled and enraged people for generations, it’s let it go. It infuriates us because despite our deep longing to do such a thing, letting go remains elusive and always seemingly out of reach.
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
Bokie was more like a child to me than a dog. He was a steady loving presence that I counted on. While I still couldn't fully trust Barry, I could completely trust Bokie. He was never far from my side.
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- Written by: Gary C. Cooper
Who doesn't wish they could rewind the tape of their lives and do a few things differently? “If I only knew then what I know now ...” We’ve all sung that song. So, what do we do with our troublesome memories?
