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: Jonathan Kanter and Adam Kuczynski
To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a hard pill: Stay away from each other.
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- Written by: Marilyn Graman & Maureen Walsh
Relationships need care and nurturing, and often it's hard to know what to do. You have probably been searching for reasons why your relationship isn't as warm, loving, and compassionate as you'd like. It is natural for relationships to have an ebb and flow, to grow more or less intimate as circumstances shift...
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- Written by: John M. Gottman, Ph.D. and Joan DeClaire
Whether people are struggling to save a marriage, to cooperate in a family crisis, or to build rapport with a difficult boss, they usually have one thing in common: They need to share emotional information that can help them feel connected.
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- Written by: Cynthia Legette Davis
Most of us long for relationships in which we are loved and accepted just the way we are. Our hearts' desire is to give and receive love in relationships that make us feel that even if others disagree with what we do or say, they still love us. They accept us.
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- Written by: Alison Gregory
Your best friend tells you she’s scared of her partner. You notice bruises on your colleague’s arm.
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- Written by: Roger Mills and Elsie Spittle
Traditional models of couples or relationship therapy emphasize being honest about our feelings, being "up front" and standing up for ourselves. The problem with these models is that when we are upset, we do not see things clearly. We do not see how the situation looks to the other person...
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- Written by: Johann Christoph Arnold
For years, psychologists, educators and church leaders have warned about subversive and decadent influences on children in our society -- the internet, pornographic literature and films, violent video games, raunchy TV, and so on. It's an old story: the more sexually perverted the entertainment, the more teenagers watch it, and the higher the ratings and the profits.
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- Written by: Joseph R. Simonetta
Many of us are familiar with the Ten Commandments, written some thirty-three hundred years ago. We would all agree that we have learned a few things in the last thirty-three hundred years. It may be that instead of the Ten Commandments, we require just three simple rules for living...
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- Written by: Marie Menke
Aside from a few years in the mid-2000s, the number of births in the United States have been falling for the last three decades and have now reached their lowest number in 32 years.
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- Written by: Morgan Sherburne
When spouses love each other, their children stay in school longer and marry later in life, according to new research.
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- Written by: Joel Christensen
In an age of deepfakes and alternative facts, it can be tricky getting at the truth. But persuading others – or even yourself – what is true is not a challenge unique to the modern era.
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- Written by: Lisa Portolan
If you unpick the threads, you will quickly find much of the falling occurred in the mind. Many artefacts that go towards creating intimacy are imagined.
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- Written by: Peter Fairfield
The heart is the organ of happiness! Of course I am talking about more than just the organ itself — I am talking about the heart as an emotional, energetic, and spiritual center. Most of us are unaware of how much we hold numbness...
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- Written by: Shepherd Hoodwin
Once you are in a relationship, how can you develop intimacy? One key is honesty. Some people tell little lies about themselves when they first begin a relationship. This is destructive to intimacy, because your partner will never be completely sure if you are telling the truth. It is much easier to maintain credibility if you...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
A is for acceptance of myself and others. B is for blamelessness and removing blame from my perceptions. C is for compassion for myself and others. D is for detachment and letting others be themselves.
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- Written by: Parashkev Nachev
It is no accident that arguably the most erotic line of English poetry is all prepositions. The essence of love, at least of passionately romantic love, is revealed in its very grammar.
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- Written by: Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.
Early on, relationships are easy. Everything is new and exciting. You go on dates, take trips, spend time together and intentionally cultivate experiences that allow your relationship to grow.
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- Written by: Deana Rohlinger
Men seem more hesitant about both making friends and celebrating their friendships. On Feb. 13, women will celebrate Galentine’s Day, a holiday trumpeting the joys of female friendships.
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- Written by: Wei Li
Americans celebrate love on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day — a holiday named for Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman clergyman who secretly performed weddings for soldiers forbidden to marry under Emperor Claudius II.
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- Written by: Eileen Workman
What makes a good relationship? A willingness to surrender one’s heart—totally and without reservation to your Beloved—and to trust that, when you leap together into the precipice of the unknown, you will be able to reach confidently for one another and find solace or joy in equal measure through that loving communion.
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- Written by: Dr. Paul Napper, Psy.D. and Dr. Anthony Rao, Ph.D.
Human beings are social animals—we all need some degree of interaction with other humans for basic survival as well as psychological health. Spending time with empathetic, optimistic, open-minded people and weeding out those who have the opposite qualities will boost your mood, elevate your motivation, and improve your health.
