Summer is a time of baseball, more time outdoors, different kinds of gatherings with family and friends and a host of things that are only possible when we move from the inwardness of colder, darker times to a more outward and engaged way of living.
Summer also means a relaxing read or two, maybe at the beach, maybe on the porch or maybe in our favorite chair with more daylight than lamp light to illumine our book.
Here are my recommendations for some great summer reading: (more…)
Great article on research into what supports happiness: What Happy People Don’t Do
Some other happiness resources:
Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 habits of maximum happiness by David Leonhardt
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
and my favorite:
The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness) by Paul Watzlawick
Sherwin Nuland on Hope He is more a humanist than a spiritual person. Still many wonderful insights.
Sherwin Nuland was a practicing surgeon for 30 years and treated more than 10,000 patients. Now he is an author and speaker on topics no smaller than life and death, our minds, our morality, aging and the human spirit. (more…)
As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, a nice walk in a beautiful place, maybe even with a good friend can be a great way to manage your stress.
This article, Reduce Stress with Prayer Walks does a nice job of laying out the value of the practice.
Ninety percent of life is showing up. Exercising at gym, learning something unexpected at a meeting, and meeting a significant person all require that first I show up.
thanks to Ron Hutcherson
The season that is now upon us can be busy with parties, shopping, gatherings with families, religious observation and more. It can also be challenging when we are in a time of transition and so much seems up in the air.
In the Christian tradition Advent has just begun. As a season Advent holds that there is a need to take time to prepare. The preparation in Advent is for the coming of Jesus. In a broader sense our preparation may need to focus on the anticipation of good news around the bend, a break in the action in the midst of a frenetic time or simply shifting to a longer view of this time of transition. (more…)
It starts with something small. Maybe a little smile. Maybe a sigh. But those early moments in the life of a baby show us that along side of the built in need to sleep, eat and be comforted is a disposition to show pleasure and happiness.
Sure there are times to cry, And tough times make us want some way to release the anxiety, the stress, the fatigue. Research collected in Robert Emmons’ book Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) indicates that the best approach is to be an attitude of gratitude
Here are some key findings from Gratitude Interventions and Psychological and Physical Well-Being: (more…)
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