by HappyQuotient | Jun 27, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
What are your personal strategies for happiness? Nearly 1,200 Germans explored this question in a recent study—and then Julia M. Rohrer and her colleagues followed up with them a year later to find out how happy they felt. The researchers found not all roads lead to...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 26, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
What do your political affiliations say about you and what you want? Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat (or Libertarian or Green or Socialist) can, of course, suggest who you’ll vote for and which public policies you support. But research has uncovered some...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
I’m in my 50s—a bit past midlife, but not exactly into old age. My kids have grown, I have a good career, my marriage is solid, and I’m still reasonably healthy. So, life satisfaction should be mine for the plucking.
But it’s not. I’m no happier than most people I...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
A few days ago, a Facebook friend of mine posted a video of a Texas detention center housing apprehended migrants at the U.S. border. Inside massive enclosures made of chain-link fencing, children sat shoulder to shoulder, huddled in fear. Many had been torn from...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/forgive_your_father
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Along the Pacific Crest Trail, hikers who set out to complete the entire 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada are especially vulnerable to quitting at two points: around mile 100 and mile 1,000. Those who make it past mile 100 are the hikers who carve out new habits amid...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Want to feel more Calm, get some Headspace, and practice Mindfulness Daily? There are apps for that—hundreds of them, besides the three I just mentioned. These apps make a promise: Rather than investing countless hours and dollars in mindfulness classes or...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Half of parents today think that their children are addicted to smartphones, and these parents are concerned about how mobile phones will affect their kids’ mental health, according to a new survey from Common Sense Media and SurveyMonkey. Each day, we hear that...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Thomas Markle, father of the Royal Wedding bride, is not the only dad who wasn’t at his child’s wedding, and not the saddest one. At least he was invited. Each year, thousands of fathers won’t attend their child’s wedding—and not because they lack the desire, but...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Thomas Markle, father of the Royal Wedding bride, is not the only dad who wasn’t at his child’s wedding, and not the saddest one. At least he was invited. Each year thousands of fathers won’t attend their child’s wedding—and not because they lack the desire, but...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/feeling_angry_try_this
by HappyQuotient | Jun 14, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/feeling_angry_try_this
by HappyQuotient | Jun 13, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
For decades, TV fathers came in one of three flavors: idealized, bumbling, or absent. When University of Massachusetts researcher Erica Scharrer studied fifty years of father representations on TV, she found a steady trend toward depicting fathers as fools, as we...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 12, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Growing up, I never had the chance to offer or reflect on gratitude. It was demanded of me, by force, if necessary. If I forgot to say thank you, or I was too slow with my thanks, a smack across the face or a belt to my behind served as a reminder. My mother wanted me...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 11, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Last fall at Berkeley High School in California, students learned about a private Instagram account “featuring racist, anti-Semitic, and ableist memes created by their peers,” according to a news report. “The account was reportedly called ‘I Hate Jews’ and included...
by HappyQuotient | May 9, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
A forty-three-year-old husband and father of two came to see me in therapy. He’d been married for almost fifteen years, but said he and his wife had had problems even when they were dating. “I’ve always had to play by her rules,” he said. “She doesn’t accept me for...
by HappyQuotient | May 7, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
The rise of the Internet has made remote work more possible and more desirable. Today, a quarter of Americans work for other people from their home, not an office. Employees seek out remote work for the autonomy and flexibility it provides, while employers offer it to...
by HappyQuotient | May 4, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
Roshi Joan Halifax is an esteemed writer, spiritual teacher, founder of Upaya Zen Center and the Nomads Clinic in Nepal’s Himalayas—and she’s spent decades researching the intersection of mind and body through the lens of Buddhism, neuroscience, and anthropology. Her...
by HappyQuotient | May 3, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
Social-emotional learning (SEL) teaches the key attitudes and skills necessary for understanding and managing emotions, listening, feeling and showing empathy for others, and making thoughtful, responsible decisions. For five years, I was an educator in the field...
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by HappyQuotient | May 2, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
In the months leading up to birth, a pregnant woman begins to read about childrearing, including a book called Attachment Parenting by pediatrician William Sears and registered nurse Martha Sears. They advocate for a collection of seven practices they call the Baby...
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by HappyQuotient | May 1, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
I’ve been told that I’m calm under pressure, but that’s only on the outside. To prepare for my first TV news show appearance, I put on berry-red lipstick and started breathing into my belly, an alleged relaxation technique that never seems to work....
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by HappyQuotient | Apr 27, 2018 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, GGSC, Happiness, Health, Wellness
Like me, you may wake up every day to the morning news and feel a twinge of angst and despair. It can sometimes seem as if the world is going to hell. But if you read Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, you may come to a completely different conclusion...
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