Living Happy NOW! – Ignore-ance Isn’t Bliss
We often ignore minor annoyances because, well because they’re minor. More trouble to deal with in the moment than they are to put up with. I realized yesterday that I was doing just that with two things. As I was tapping away at my keyboard I was generating way more...
How Are YOU Going to Be?
This is an exercise I do with my clients. Feel free to follow along on your own. Grab a sheet (or a scrap) of paper and draw a horizontal line (about 5-6 inches is plenty long enough.) The left end is when you were born. On the right end write the number representing...
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – Breathe
Breathe – yeah I know, you’re already breathing. You must be because you’re alive enough to be reading this (or you're a zombie, and that's a whole different article.) Chances are though, up until you started reading this, you weren’t paying any attention to your...
The Power of Yes! Opportunity Awaits.
There are many people who are afraid to try new things, afraid of doing anything that might lead to failure. This fear keeps them confined to a pretty narrow comfort zone. In my business I teach one small trick that helps my clients overcome this fear and get more joy...
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – Be Silly
You’re an adult, all grownup, and responsible. So sticking your arms out and pretending you’re flying down the aisles in the supermarket, blowing bubbles in the elevator, or squealing with glee when you see a puppy might be seen as kind of... silly. (By the way, I do...
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – Get Dirty
Want a happiness boost? Get dirty. Get the stuff all over you, under your nails and caked on your knees. In addition to being good clean fun, getting down and dirty does all kinds of good things for you. When was the last time you walked barefoot in the mud and let it...
Getting Taken For A Ride
Stella lies. Well, not really lies, but she’s not always direct. Stella is my GPS. I think she gets bored with the same old freeways, so sometimes she decides to mix it up a little and take me for a ride. Recently I was in Pleasant Hill, a city I’m not very familiar...
Playing in Leaps and Bounds
Yesterday I was stopped at a traffic light on Sonoma Blvd. In some places Sonoma Blvd. is 8 lanes wide and this was one of those places. As I sat waiting for the light to change and singing along to the radio I spotted a young man starting to cross the street....
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – How’s It Feel?
The world is at your fingertips. Literally. Your sense of touch is a powerful and very sensuous connection to your surroundings. Take a moment right now and pay attention to what you feel (not the emotional stuff, that’s for a different blog post.) How do your clothes...
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – Stop and Smell the Roses
We live in a rich, vibrant, colorful, flavorful world and yet most of us walk through it without noticing. We’re busy with our thoughts or our smart phones. Locked inside and mostly oblivious to what’s happening just beyond the tip of our noses. Last week I invited...
Tip for Living Happy NOW! – Pay Attention
Did you ever think, while you were growing up, that life was going to be so serious? From my perspective as a kid, it looked like grownups could have all kinds of fun. They had control of the time and the money and I just knew that when I grew up I would use those...
Play More, Stress Less
Almost everyone understands that play is important for children. Play enables the development of a long list of critical life skills including; motor skills, socialization, problem solving, creativity, conflict resolution, and mental and physical health. When children...