Finding “Happiness” isn’t that hard to find, is it? It’s about two in the morning when these questions linger on my mind. I keep on telling myself I am happy, but why... Read more >>

I have been trying to understand what actually brings happiness. Not just personally or individually, but as a general rule. What is it that makes everyone happy, whatever their life may be like? If... Read more >>

While I have been happy for the latter third of my existence, the prior two thirds were a might miserable. The recipe for my unhappiness combined a half cup each of fear and low self-esteem and began... Read more >>

I think the relationship between money and happiness is one of the most interesting, most complicated, and most sensitive questions in the study of happiness. Studies show, unsurprisingly, that... Read more >>

When I turned thirty a few years ago, I panicked and wore black for a week. However, the fear of losing my youth was not what kept me up at night, but the disappointment... Read more >>

When my son, Joe, was born, I imagined that he might grow up to be a lawyer. When he was nine, we had a family portrait taken—newly launched into my life as a single mother, the portrait, I... Read more >>

For many of us, times are more difficult now than we can remember them ever being. Even if your lifestyle hasn’t changed the impact of others having changed so much is still there. This is... Read more >>

There are many reasons why at some points in your life you feel sad, depressed, faithless, and trapped. Most of these situations are self-created. Most of these feelings are self-inflicted. Do you... Read more >>

How to make yourself happy every day is not easily answered because authentic happiness is a personal choice and it comes from within. We all have events cascading through our lives but it’s how... Read more >>

Oh wow! Love! What a magical word! And, not only is it a word, but a state of being; a feeling, a tangible thing to be shared, cultivated, and explored. I remember the first time I learned about love.... Read more >>