Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuit of Happiness · 16. April 2016
Emotional dissonance reflects the difference between objective standards and subjective experience.
Pursuit of Happiness · 19. February 2016
To support the notion that one person’s junk is another person’s treasure, we adopt polite titles such as Collector or Genealogist.
Pursuit of Happiness · 12. February 2016
Resolutions work only when they have the right emotional support, and commitment begins with intent.
Pursuit of Happiness · 09. February 2016
Continuing to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol while physically detoxing is counterproductive. Just as you should not perseverate on worries and fears as you meditate.
Pursuit of Happiness · 30. November 2015
When you compete with yourself simply to be better, do better, no one else need know whether or not you have been successful at achieving your goals. And if you are unsuccessful be thankful that you can always try again
Pursuit of Happiness · 27. November 2015
Even the elderly in America must reach far back in time to find events with which to remind youngsters of their good fortune.
Pursuit of Happiness · 23. October 2015
Retirement has become untenable financially, but is that even the most pressing concern? Retirement means leaving work. Leaving work means losing a sense of purpose and identity.
Pursuit of Happiness · 17. October 2015
Grieving is a necessary and appropriate response to loss. The benefit of grief counseling is that one emerges emotionally more resilient.
Pursuit of Happiness · 13. October 2015
From that perspective ‘selfies’ may be a symptom of lost identity. Reviewing them (often immediately after they are taken) serves as ‘proof of life’.
Pursuit of Happiness · 25. June 2015
As researchers and mental health professions learn how to deal with PTSD, one would hope that lessons learned might be applied in a relevant manner to persons with PTS; persons who fall short of a PTSD diagnosis but still need help.