Carpe Diem: Stop Putting Hope in the Future When we put our hopes in the future, we often stop living now. The end is, at best, uncertain and sometimes different from what we were expecting or wanting. If we, instead, carpe diem or seize the day, we will find...
The Happiness Formula (How do I make this work?) A formula for happiness is based on some simple yet challenging principles. First, we exhaust every option to improve our current situation. Second, once we have exhausted our options and nothing has changed, we ask a...
How to Deal with Negativity There can be a lot of negativity that we get exposed to throughout the day. A stranger flips us off as we are commuting to work, and we watch ugly human behaviors that show up on our phone scrolling. The key is to not dwell on the negative...
When Bad Things Happen To Good People What are we to do when bad things happen in our lives? Is it helpful to look for causes and find blame? Or is there a healthier way to deal with bad things happening to good people? “I am not responsible for what happens to...
Are Expectations Good or Bad? Are having expectations helpful or harmful for us in the long run? The danger with expectations is our expectations is that sometimes they aren’t met, which can cause us stress, anger, and anxiety. And even life fulfills our...
Optimists Live Longer (New Research Say Yes) New research describes how optimistic people, on average, live 15% to 20% longer than more pessimistic persons and have a 50% to 70% chance of reaching 85 years old. How do we change our negative habits and live longer?...
