Do you find that sometimes people don’t seem to respond to your requests – requests as simple as asking your children to pick up their toys or even as complicated as getting people at work to follow your directions? Focus on the why in this week’s blog!
Are You Ready to Thrive?
Choose Happiness
What Does It Mean to Control Your Attention?
Five Pillars of Lasting Change
What Purpose Does Sadness Serve?
Does Happiness Impact Your Immune System?
Numerous books have extolled the value of happiness, resulting in “life coaching for happiness” becoming a thriving industry. Much of the research on psychological well-being is related to depression and stress with ill health. Even taking negative emotions into account, the linkage between happiness and health is distinctive (Steptoe, 2019). Studies over two decades show that happiness affects our physical health in the following ways…
Are Gratitude and Appreciation the Same?
How Does Practicing Gratitude Affect the Brain?
Our brains scan for and notice negativity without conscious thought. Today, however, it is possible to rewire our brains for positivity vs. negativity. A gratitude practice is an effective way for us to do this. It works because the more you practice gratitude, the more you strengthen the brain’s neural circuits for gratitude. Here’s what gratitude does to your brain…