Aug 18, 2022 | Happiness, Navigating Change
“An important part of any practice involves learning when to just stop practicing altogether. Stopping gives you more space, which allows you to accept the ups and downs, the possible turbulence of the experience that may be generated by your practice.” – Yongey...
Jun 29, 2022 | Happiness, Pop Culture
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to the awe-inspiring title sequence from Apple TV’s sci-fi series, Foundation. Today, I’ll precisely define awe, outline its benefits and teach you how to generate Awe Experiences on demand. “Awe is defined as the emotion we...
Jun 22, 2022 | Happiness, Pop Culture, Trauma
As I declared last week, awe is easy to generate, readily available, and a viable mental health intervention that can be self-administered. It is also the most underrated and unacknowledged happiness emotion. Next week, we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of...
Jun 15, 2022 | Happiness, Pop Culture
Part 1: High on Awe (Watch this first: https://youtu.be/VkV2nx6fRTA) I’ve been bitten by a bug. It looks a lot like love and, like love, this has turned me into a bit of a crazy person (assuming that watching the same video dozens of times is … well … a bit off). But...
Mar 16, 2022 | Career, Happiness, Purpose, Values, Writing
When did the world devolve from valuing breadth of knowledge and experience (remember the ‘renaissance man’?) to lauding narrower and narrower specialization in everything we do? In every walk of life – online writing, career trajectories, and even our hobbies – the...
Mar 9, 2022 | Happiness, Navigating Change
The tagline for my favorite toy – ‘Weebles Wobble but They Don’t Fall Down’ – sums up my fancy psychological model of resilience and mental health. Weebles are shaped like humans but sport rounded bottoms rather than legs. They’re constructed to wobble when buffeted...
