Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Overcoming spiritual obstacles -
All the best!
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Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Happiness pledge - tosses up a few ...
I pledge to live my life with passion and purpose,
To live with integrity to principle-centered values,
To forgive quickly and love unconditionally,
To live courageously and learn voraciously,
To work for the possible and believe in the miraculous,
To treat myself compassionately as a glorious work-in-progress.
The Happiness Pledge
Could also post to the kindness thread?
Enjoy!
I pledge to live my life with passion and purpose,
To live with integrity to principle-centered values,
To forgive quickly and love unconditionally,
To live courageously and learn voraciously,
To work for the possible and believe in the miraculous,
To treat myself compassionately as a glorious work-in-progress.
The Happiness Pledge
Could also post to the kindness thread?
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Some happiness quotes? -
“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
~ Storm Jameson
More at this recent site -
Happiness Quotes
Cheers!
“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
~ Storm Jameson
More at this recent site -
Happiness Quotes
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Well-being resources - a hundred of the!? -
You know the feeling right?
Hours and hours you spend searching the Internet in the hope to find a solution for your problem.
You wonder how hard it can be to find the right resource. That one article, video, course or book that will solve your problem.
Maybe you lack self-confidence, get angry easily, don’t like your job or you miss a sense of purpose and meaning in your life.
Whatever it is, there is a humongous amount of information out there. To be honest, I think we can all agree that there is too much information and it can be really overwhelming.
Of course you only want the best for yourself. You want to read the articles, videos, and books or do the courses that will really help you.
Not the ones that barely scratch the surface, but the ones that cause a profound change inside of you.
The ones that are thought provoking and shake things up.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have such a comprehensive list of self-improvement resources so you won’t have to stroll the Internet anymore?
Well … now you do.
For the full list of resources -
101 Self Improvement Resources That Will Take You From Stuck To Unstoppable
I cannot (yet) vouch for all the resources - just trust your instincts and see what most grabs your attention ...
All the best!
You know the feeling right?
Hours and hours you spend searching the Internet in the hope to find a solution for your problem.
You wonder how hard it can be to find the right resource. That one article, video, course or book that will solve your problem.
Maybe you lack self-confidence, get angry easily, don’t like your job or you miss a sense of purpose and meaning in your life.
Whatever it is, there is a humongous amount of information out there. To be honest, I think we can all agree that there is too much information and it can be really overwhelming.
Of course you only want the best for yourself. You want to read the articles, videos, and books or do the courses that will really help you.
Not the ones that barely scratch the surface, but the ones that cause a profound change inside of you.
The ones that are thought provoking and shake things up.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have such a comprehensive list of self-improvement resources so you won’t have to stroll the Internet anymore?
Well … now you do.
For the full list of resources -
101 Self Improvement Resources That Will Take You From Stuck To Unstoppable
I cannot (yet) vouch for all the resources - just trust your instincts and see what most grabs your attention ...
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From a recent email - happy parenting -
Read to Your Child.
You can read to them at bedtime. Make it part of your nightly routine. They will look forward to it and you will, too. You can also read to them when they get home from school, or any other time during the day. Just, make time for it.
This will help them learn and it creates a bond between you and your child. Let them help with picking the stories.
5 Parenting Tips to Help You Raise Happy Children
Best wishes!
Read to Your Child.
You can read to them at bedtime. Make it part of your nightly routine. They will look forward to it and you will, too. You can also read to them when they get home from school, or any other time during the day. Just, make time for it.
This will help them learn and it creates a bond between you and your child. Let them help with picking the stories.
5 Parenting Tips to Help You Raise Happy Children
Best wishes!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From this page of parenting tips -
How To Raise Happy Kids - 10 Steps Backed By Science - Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
How to raise happy kids -
A connection to family provides a certain type of social support that you can’t get from other people. Provided they aren’t severely emotionally toxic, we can generally depend on our families in times of crisis for emotional and practical support, and sometimes even financial support when we’re desperately in need. Most of the time, the family is a constant in our lives, and a welcome one when there are so many people who are content to drift in and out when circumstances change.
Our families carry our history with them, and they generally share our future as well. Who better than siblings, parents, and other close relatives can reminisce with us about our childhoods, or remember pieces of ourselves we’ve forgotten? This connection to fond memories, support in times of need and near-unconditional love is a unique way that family brings us happiness as well as relief from stress.
Unfortunately, with the complexity of these relationships, they're not always easy. If you would like to feel more connected to your family, the following resources can help for a variety of family structures:
Click here for more -
How to Manage Stress by Minimizing Family Drama
Enjoy!
A connection to family provides a certain type of social support that you can’t get from other people. Provided they aren’t severely emotionally toxic, we can generally depend on our families in times of crisis for emotional and practical support, and sometimes even financial support when we’re desperately in need. Most of the time, the family is a constant in our lives, and a welcome one when there are so many people who are content to drift in and out when circumstances change.
Our families carry our history with them, and they generally share our future as well. Who better than siblings, parents, and other close relatives can reminisce with us about our childhoods, or remember pieces of ourselves we’ve forgotten? This connection to fond memories, support in times of need and near-unconditional love is a unique way that family brings us happiness as well as relief from stress.
Unfortunately, with the complexity of these relationships, they're not always easy. If you would like to feel more connected to your family, the following resources can help for a variety of family structures:
Click here for more -
How to Manage Stress by Minimizing Family Drama
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Become adept at handling difficult people -
Accept the Reality of Who They Are
In dealing with difficult people, don’t try to change the other person; you will only get into a power struggle, cause defensiveness, invite criticism, or otherwise make things worse. It also makes you a more difficult person to deal with.
Know What's Under Your Control
Change your response to the other person; this is all you have the power to change. For example, don’t feel you need to accept abusive behavior.
Use assertive communication to draw boundaries when the other person chooses to treat you in an unacceptable way.
8 Ways to Avoid Conflict in Relationships
Accept the Reality of Who They Are
In dealing with difficult people, don’t try to change the other person; you will only get into a power struggle, cause defensiveness, invite criticism, or otherwise make things worse. It also makes you a more difficult person to deal with.
Know What's Under Your Control
Change your response to the other person; this is all you have the power to change. For example, don’t feel you need to accept abusive behavior.
Use assertive communication to draw boundaries when the other person chooses to treat you in an unacceptable way.
8 Ways to Avoid Conflict in Relationships
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
“The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go.”
~ Dodinsky
“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.”
~ Mandy Hale
More quotes - many more in fact - here -
Quotes | AwakenTheGreatnessWithin
~ Dodinsky
“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.”
~ Mandy Hale
More quotes - many more in fact - here -
Quotes | AwakenTheGreatnessWithin
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Parenting cartoons -
May post a few more ...
May post a few more ...
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Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Quotes about joy (Charlotte Joko Beck) -
"Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru."
"What does open us is sharing our vulnerabilities. Sometimes we see a couple who has done this difficult work over a lifetime. In the process, they have grown old together. We can sense the enormous comfort, the shared quality of ease between these people. It is beautiful, and very rare. Without this quality of openness and vulnerability, partners don't really know each other; they are one image living with another image."
Joko Beck Quote
Enjoy your day!
"Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru."
"What does open us is sharing our vulnerabilities. Sometimes we see a couple who has done this difficult work over a lifetime. In the process, they have grown old together. We can sense the enormous comfort, the shared quality of ease between these people. It is beautiful, and very rare. Without this quality of openness and vulnerability, partners don't really know each other; they are one image living with another image."
Joko Beck Quote
Enjoy your day!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Happiness and attachment -
The more we’re attached to our desires—in other words, what we want more of—or the more we’re attached to what we want to avoid—in other words, what we want less of—the more we’ll suffer. Life’s impermanence can make us miserable or it can motivate us to pursue happiness.
When we fight life and say, “This must happen!” or “This must never change!” that’s the path of suffering and the greatest threat to our happiness.
I always end my Happiness Podcast with, “Accept what is. And love what is.” When we realize that life changes and, guess what, that’s okay, then life really goes well.
While on the surface, this sounds very simple and even common sense, when you really, really think deeply about it, taking on this version of happiness is one of the biggest challenges we could ever face. Imagine losing what you value most: A partner, a child, a family member, your house, your job, or your health. Would you still be able to love life?
Comes from this page -
How Our Attachments Get in the Way of Our Happiness
Cheers!
The more we’re attached to our desires—in other words, what we want more of—or the more we’re attached to what we want to avoid—in other words, what we want less of—the more we’ll suffer. Life’s impermanence can make us miserable or it can motivate us to pursue happiness.
When we fight life and say, “This must happen!” or “This must never change!” that’s the path of suffering and the greatest threat to our happiness.
I always end my Happiness Podcast with, “Accept what is. And love what is.” When we realize that life changes and, guess what, that’s okay, then life really goes well.
While on the surface, this sounds very simple and even common sense, when you really, really think deeply about it, taking on this version of happiness is one of the biggest challenges we could ever face. Imagine losing what you value most: A partner, a child, a family member, your house, your job, or your health. Would you still be able to love life?
Comes from this page -
How Our Attachments Get in the Way of Our Happiness
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Some eighty years ago, a French journalist and historian named Raoul de Roussy de Sales visited America to learn more about the country and write about what he discovered. De Sales was following in the footsteps of his countryman Alexis de Tocqueville and those of other previous visitors to the United States who had ultimately made keen observations of the national character. Like Tocqueville, de Sales was able to perceive American attitudes and behavior in a way that no native could. While living for some time in New York, the Frenchman was particularly struck by how problematic the subject of love was in this country. “Nowhere else can one find a people devoting so much time and so much study to the question of the relationship between men and women,” he wrote in a piece titled “Love in America” for the Atlantic Monthly in 1938, thinking that, “nowhere else is there such concern about the fact that this relationship does not make for perfect happiness.” For de Sales, love was a lot like democracy; both were great in theory, but each was also something that did not work too well in actual practice. Because they were both complex concepts and necessarily involved more than one person, love and democracy were difficult to manage and coordinate, he felt, making it highly likely that neither would function especially well even with considerable effort.
To read more of this blog -
Is Love an Art or a Science?
All the best!
To read more of this blog -
Is Love an Art or a Science?
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From recent emails and discussions -
Happiness let go unhealthy thoughts
Happiness general manger of the universe
Happiness inner critic
Happiness in dark times
Stop sabotaging your own happiness
How to be a better person
Greatist happiness
Happiness learn from a dog - I may have done a thread before?? -
Best mental health blogs
Happiness challenge
Happiness difficult emotions
Anger (happiness?) expectations of other people
Questions to ask yourself be happier?
Happiness stop criticising (other people or your self)
Stay tuned for all the latest results!
Happiness let go unhealthy thoughts
Happiness general manger of the universe
Happiness inner critic
Happiness in dark times
Stop sabotaging your own happiness
How to be a better person
Greatist happiness
Happiness learn from a dog - I may have done a thread before?? -
Best mental health blogs
Happiness challenge
Happiness difficult emotions
Anger (happiness?) expectations of other people
Questions to ask yourself be happier?
Happiness stop criticising (other people or your self)
Stay tuned for all the latest results!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Ok friends, you know I never lie to you, and this week is no different. I must admit, I have felt incredibly challenged. Lately I have been relying on my tools to maneuver through the past few weeks. I’ve been feeling really angry, frustrated, sad, and scared.
These are not feelings that I’m used to feeling (very often), and especially not all in a condensed period of time. In recent weeks, feeling happy has felt elusive and out of reach.
Perhaps this is because of the state of the world, or maybe it is due to all of the separation I’ve witnessed. It could be related to my own mind running rampant or a combination of many things. The point is that I’ve been feeling low, and it’s been a real journey to come back to a sense of equilibrium and peace.
For the full article -
Finding Happiness in Dark Times: 5 Tools to Transform Your Mood
Enjoy!
These are not feelings that I’m used to feeling (very often), and especially not all in a condensed period of time. In recent weeks, feeling happy has felt elusive and out of reach.
Perhaps this is because of the state of the world, or maybe it is due to all of the separation I’ve witnessed. It could be related to my own mind running rampant or a combination of many things. The point is that I’ve been feeling low, and it’s been a real journey to come back to a sense of equilibrium and peace.
For the full article -
Finding Happiness in Dark Times: 5 Tools to Transform Your Mood
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Whole being happiness -from a recent site -
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Here's a site called gratitude seeds and it has a beaut video and several other pages/suggestions ...
Be The Change You Want To See In This World - Gratitude Seeds
Cheers!
Be The Change You Want To See In This World - Gratitude Seeds
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
What makes you happy? Having fun, delicious food, hanging out with friends, making money?
Consider this, psychologist have scientifically proven that one of the greatest contributing factors to overall happiness in your life is how much gratitude you show.
Check out the study here!
Ooooops that page to have vanished at some point?
So try this site for gratitude suggestions -
Four Great Gratitude Strategies
All the best!
Consider this, psychologist have scientifically proven that one of the greatest contributing factors to overall happiness in your life is how much gratitude you show.
Check out the study here!
Ooooops that page to have vanished at some point?
So try this site for gratitude suggestions -
Four Great Gratitude Strategies
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
The "science of happiness" at YouTube -
Enjoy your day!
Enjoy your day!