So Choose
Try being, at once, both happy and unhappy. Try being both high buzz and low buzz. Or try being both worried (or concerned) about your …
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The Wrong Sorts of Want
We often do wanting wrong. Want-yeah-but is what happens when we want something, deep down doubt it’s possible, and list all the reasons why what …
Three Ways to Sidestep Fear
We fear the possibility of something negative happening more than the reality of something negative happening. If we notice ourselves fearing anything, we can Feel …
What’s Your Choice?
Happiness, for most of us, is a choice. Reality is not. It seems, though, that choosing to be happy ends up changing the reality that …
What If It’s About Mirth?
What if all this is supposed to be fun, light, simple? What if that knot in our gut (or wherever) was not something telling us …
Anticipate Something Good
What if, every time we caught ourselves anticipating something bad that might happen, we stopped and started anticipating something good that we would want to …
What’s Your Story?
Our successes today and tomorrow tend to follow the story we’ve been telling ourselves. Sometimes our stories are not front-of-mind. But we know by how …
Say It Out Loud
The tools we use to raise our buzz–to feel good before acting–involve finding thoughts that feel better to think than we are feeling now. We …
Whenever You Need It
Whenever you are feeling bad, tense, angry etc. about anything at work or home, remember these immortal words: When …
Want
The sages tell us to get present and find joy right here and now. There is nothing more we need. We can be happy now …