May 6, 2020

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Happiness?

Want to be happier?  Stop trying. Stop focussing so much on whether you are happy or not, and just be. Organizing Our Emotions People always try […]
January 22, 2020

What if Mental Illness wasn’t an Illness At All

Did you know, “The African or Shamanic view of mental illness is very different [from our Western view].  In the Shamanic view… mental illness signals “the […]
January 15, 2020

Forget the Freak Outs, it’s not doing you any good anyway

I have this recurring vision of a scene from Grey’s Anatomy.  In it, in a ridiculously gruesome scenario, Meredith Grey runs frantically between two patients who […]
December 11, 2019

Consistency is King

I want to tell you about my husband.  This guy.   Yep, that’s him… *facepalm* When I met Avery, he was working part time in a […]
December 4, 2019

When Life Gives You Too Many Priorities….

“Help, I have too many priorities.” The lessons I’ve been learning lately are all about priorities.  You see, I don’t like to do anything less than […]
November 13, 2019

What is 2-3 Love?

If you’ve been following along for a little while, you know that I sometimes like to sign off by saying ‘2-3 Love.’ Not just ‘love,’ but […]
November 8, 2019

Real Talk on Depression Part 4: Loving Someone With Depression

More Real Talk for the partners and people living with people living with depression.
October 16, 2019

Are We Overthinking It?

Are we Overthinking It? Yep. The answer is, yes.  I was tempted to leave you with just that, but instead I am going to leave you […]
July 29, 2019

Real Talk on Depression

I’ve had this post in mind for a while.  Truth is, it’s hard, it’s uncomfortable, it’s *gasp* unpopular.  It’s much nicer to believe in an Instragram-filtered […]
July 17, 2019

Aging and The Purpose Perspective

It has been a tough week here at the Happy household.  My 96-year-old Nanny (grandmother) has come to the point where we are no longer able […]
July 3, 2019

The Power of Gratitude

The time has come for the quintessential post on gratitude.  Gratitude has become the go-to actionable for greater happiness and life-satisfaction.  And with good reason.  There […]
June 26, 2019

Are You Walking Your Own Walk?

We all know it’s one thing to talk the talk, and another thing to walk the walk.  But maybe the most important is to be sure […]