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: Michael Glauser
Decades of research in psychology have shown that we have significant limitations in how we perceive the world around us.
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- Written by: Steven Washington
Without a doubt, it takes courage to face our fears, to be willing to look beneath the surface and examine what we normally avoid.
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- Written by: Dawn Baumann Brunke
The cat never touched me, but an indelible impression of her remains. It is my first memory of meeting a shadow animal, face to green-eyed face.
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- Written by: Bethany Teachman
Well-meaning advice for people stressing out about current events often includes encouragement to be patient, stay calm and keep the faith – but how on Earth are you supposed to do that when the onslaught of troubling news seems never to stop?
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- Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick
Going back only ten generations, each of us has 1,024 direct ancestors. Each of those 1,024 people left a lineage and a personal legacy. If any of them had lived in a different place...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
What we emit into the world is picked up by others and it affects them as well.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
As I do in life itself, I look for messages when I watch movies. And because The Universe, All That Is, Spirit, Guidance, Good speaks through everything and everyone that comes our way, messages are found...
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- Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver
For years, I thought that my overachieving, perfectionism, and need for control were about proving that I was good enough—being the best, being perfect, was the only way to be “enough.” But a session with an intuitive coach brought something else to the fore...
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Whether it's your parent, coworker, child, lover, or friend, we all sometimes say and do things we regret. We fret, get defensive, make excuses, and rationalize that what we did wasn't so bad.
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- Written by: Evelyn C. Rysdyk
Life happens, and you are bound to experience feeling angry, anxious, judgmental, accusatory, and all the other faces that fear wears during your day.
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- Written by: Beth Bell
I didn’t truly understand the phrase “never say never” until I started recognizing I was contradicting my so many of my own “nevers.”
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- Written by: Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Each human being may be part of something greater. Common phrases suggesting this reality include ’re all in this together” or “everything is connected.”
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
All significant choices move us toward or away from love. And the most important thing we learn in life is recognizing the choices and actions that bring us closer or farther from love. Each day is full of...
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- Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick
So why don’t we go for it? Why don’t we reach out for what we really want? Why don’t we strive to...
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Are you thrown off by unforeseen complications? Are you frantic to meet deadlines or goals? Do you hate to wait? Are you a slave to the clock?
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- Written by: University of Copenhagen
Horses, pigs, and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives, as well as from human speech, researchers report.
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- Written by: Kristen Johnston, University of Queensland
All men who immerse themselves in bodybuilding describe themselves as having some degree of muscle dysmorphia.
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- Written by: Roxanne Felig and Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before.
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- Written by: Katie Bohn, Penn State
New research digs into whether people are more likely to feel empathy for animals than other humans. In short, the answer is complicated.
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- Written by: William E. Halal
I have studied the direction of the world’s crises for years, and my work suggests that a feasible path through this turmoil is possible. What we’ve learned is that the Knowledge Age is...
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- Written by: Melissa Blouin, University of California, Davis
New findings show that people with high self-esteem generally have more success at school and work, better social relationships, improved mental and physical health, and less anti-social behavior. And, these benefits persist from adolescence to adulthood and into old age.
