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Reverent Agnostic, True Mystic, and a "Very Funny Lady."happiness
Reset your Happiness Set Point!
Have you heard that people have a happiness set point and that you even if something wonderful happens, after your initial spike in happiness you’ll just settle back in to your pre-spike misery? (Or vice-versa for you happy people. :) Well, guess what? You CAN reset your happiness set point. You can have a new [...]
Choose a Job you LOVE
Here’s some advice from Gene Siskel to his children. Its embedded in this tribute to him. I found it at Roger Ebert’s tribute to Gene Siskel. Siskel & Ebert (1999) – Remembering Gene Siskel – Part 3 by joecool85 You know, many of us had parents who said that we should have jobs that we [...]
Simple epiphanies
I woke up this morning from another night of strange dreams and all the thoughts that had been swirling around in my head, many from reading The Geography of Bliss, came together into one clear thought: There are many ways to live, I’m going to live happy! It suddenly all seemed so clear! Yes, its [...]
Every weight issue is really a power issue
This really gave me an Aha! moment. Ok, several aha moments. Every weight issue is really a power issue. Your body is not what you want it to be. At heart, you feel that this is beyond your control. Thintuition is about returning power and control back to you. You become the boss of your own body. [...]
Thintuition
I could write on and on about the benefits of Thintuion, this “method”, this extremely un-common sense method for losing weight. About 3 years ago, I decided never to diet again. I gained 25 pounds! But I stopped obsessively thinking about food and it has been heavenly! For those of you who have ever thought about food [...]
Realization for the day: deprivation and indulgence as it applies to work
AH ha! I love having realizations. They make me happy. I’ve been thinking about work and I just realized that the reason I am so scared of going back to work and dread it so, is because my work/fun balance was off. It’s just like *dieting – the binge following the diet is proportionate to [...]
Two Opinions about Mama Gena’s advice about Pleasure
I haven’t read Mama Gena’s books, but from what I’ve read on her website, I can relate to the hosts mixed feelings about Mama Gena and her teachings about the womanly arts. Dr. Jenn’s alter ego Jane sums up the part I don’t like. The principle I like: Yes to pleasure I think pleasure is [...]
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones by Tim Myers Lyrics and Chords via Tab Crawler B G#m When the sun comes out from the rain clouds E F# B I know it’s gonna be better. B G#m E Climb the ladder up to the top of the world F# B We’ll do it together CHORUS B G#m E [...]
This is A Brand New Day
I love this song. I wish I could buy it from Amazon, but it looks like its only available on I-Tunes. Lyrics Wake up Open your sleepy eyes Stretch out Make up the bed now Sunlight Kissing your face again Breakfast Coffee is waiting Soap up Rinse all your cares away Toothbrush Keeping your mouth [...]
Cart <- Horse
Diener has collected specific details on this. People who positively evaluate their well-being on average have stronger immune systems, are better citizens at work, earn more income, have better marriages, are more sociable, and cope better with difficulties. From The Keys to Happiness, and Why We Don’t Use Them Or MAYBE we should turn around this [...]
