happiness

Touch is a sense we generally discard as one of the lesser-used of our senses, favoring vision and hearing as more important. Physical touch is, however, one of the most important senses; in fact, it may be the most important of all of…

“People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind…” so said Sanaya Roman in Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation. It can, however, be difficult to love yourself if you are so busy…

We all have emotional pain, but how does one recover? Emotional pain has a wide grasp on the human condition. However, we are all made as humans to endure it. As human beings, we are capable of feeling the joys and the sorrows, and…

It's a strange paradox, but a true one. The minute we stop searching for something - the perfect partner, the big promotion, the dream apartment - always seems to be the moment that we find it. We pine for these things, sometimes for years,…

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.” ― Mahatma Gandhi What kind of…

As Sam Keen wrote, “Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” It's never a good idea to settle for less than we deserve. This can lead to a lifetime of boredom, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction.…

Depression, like any mental illness, is challenging to understand from the outside. Perhaps this is why it too often gets mistaken for sadness. Medical depression, however, runs so much deeper. As Ned Vizzini explained, “I didn't want to…

Being an empath is a difficult thing. It can change the way that you relate to others, and even to yourself. In a way, your heart is just too open for other people’s emotions and sometimes all of that emotional baggage in the air may…

Altruism can be defined as acting selflessly towards our fellow humans for the greater good. And yes, science says it's sexy. In an age that is supposedly overrun by Darwin's survival of the fittest, a few acts of kindness can shift the…