Holiday Stress It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. It’s that time of year when we have more parties, social gatherings, big meals with family, presents, beautiful music, all celebrated in our best attire. It can also be the most emotionally stressful of times as well. How does that happen? What produces stress? Stress can [...]
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Brene Brown a researcher, a story teller, and a human being shedding insight into not feeling connected, unworthiness, and how to be happy. A talk about how her scientific research led her to look inward, be more accepting, and feel more emotions.
Daniel kahneman: on Happiness from Memories and Happiness from Experience
Published by July 25th, 2010 ClosedDaniel Kahneman complicates and clarifies happiness. One of Daniel’s positions is that much of our happiness about an experience is from our memory of that experience. Daniel address that this memory is subjective as it is determined by our story of our experiences. What he doesn’t point out, and what I think is worth exploring, [...]
Some people say FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real. That’s a nice acronym. It’s catchy. It’s also not true. Calling it False Evidence is saying that fear is an illusion or a lie. Lies are made of words. Fear is an emotion. We can create fear as a reaction to believing illusions, lies, or false [...]
Hi Gary- I find your insights incredibly rewarding and helpful. I have been looking at your website (and bless you for making so much free btw), and one thing I see missing is anything about dealing with grief. I have recently lost my boyfriend to an accident–and I have been having incredible metaphysical experiences, which [...]