Memory: Curse of the Mind?

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We all go through pain. Pain when someone dies, when someone leaves you, when your dog dies, when your mom scolds you and your best friend turns into your worst enemy. But having to go through numerous kinds of agony, there’s still beauty in pain. Read more

If Happiness be the Question, What’s the Answer?

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Happiness is a concept often used, misused, interpreted and misinterpreted. In the depths of our emotions, we juxtapose our happiness as a mere feeling and sometimes a derogatory term, which is equated simply with joy pertaining to material things that we want in our life. I would like to believe that happiness is a state wherein I am at peace with my own being. Whether external negative factors come into the picture, I have this fixed state that is not capable of being agitated. Dilemmas are inevitable, but the state should overshadow everything. Read more

5 Tips for Improving Your Happiness in the Workplace

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Most people spend more than fifty percent of their days within the workplace. When you’re not sleeping, most of your week seems to be dedicated to the daily grind of a nine-to-five routine, and although you may consider your commitment to work to be a necessary requirement in maintaining your lifestyle, making an active decision to improve your happiness at work could project benefits onto your entire life. Read more

Tips For Meditation

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When done correctly, meditation can be a way of dealing with stress, anxiety, or to simply relax. Practicing meditation regularly can help to increase concentration, and bring a general feeling of happiness for oneself. Several scientific studies have yielded results, suggesting that frequent meditation can help strengthen our immune systems, reduce blood pressure, and keep hormone levels stable. Read more

Work Harder, Be Happier

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This past year was my first year in the “real world” – as people call it. In the past 10 months, I graduated from college, started my first full time job, moved to a new city, got married, bought my first house, (and therefore moved again) and began the process to adopt a puppy. So, I feel like I was/have been pretty busy! However, I still don’t feel all that busy. I get to spend more time with my husband now than I ever had before. Read more

Loving Yourself: Get Started

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We are looking for approval in everything we do, and all too often, we’re seeking it from other people. It can be our mother, father, husband, friends, and even co-workers. But we do this without even wondering– why do we need others approval in the first place? Read more

How to Have a Long-Lasting Marriage

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When I mention that I have been married for almost thirty-six years to the same man, my words are often met with exclamations of shock and/or a round of applause. It is simply not that common to see a marriage that makes it beyond the first ten or fifteen years intact.  Read more

You Can Choose Your Mood

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Every morning we scramble out of bed, reaching for the coffee to get us moving and out into the world. Most do not realize that another very important even is happening in this moment. You are deciding what kind of day you are going to have.  Read more