Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

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Shawn Achor, the best-selling author of, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work says that, “If you can raise somebody's level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences what we call a happiness advantage.” In my private therapy practice, clients often ask me, “What’s the key component of happiness?” My answer is both easy and very complicated, and I’ll explain why in this post.

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When you try to be like someone else, you are trying to live according to what you think it means to be happy like them. And the unfortunate truth is that most people are pretending to be happy. Meaning: Happiness is when you’re not trying to escape the present moment. Whatever it is, you relax into it, content. We have the ability to express gratitude for all experiences in life. We’re able to sit with difficult emotions without denying ourselves love. We’re able to be with ourselves and with the world in a way that shapes our overall perception of our lives to one of love and gratitude. This is the path to happiness. 2. It requires a willingness to know the truth. Instead of looking to get happy from a person or a job, or an external factor, view relationships and/or work as outlets for happiness, and focus on how you can give more happiness.Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha But the other thing I just couldn’t get past was the overwhelming whiteness of this book. And when I say whiteness, what I mean is a real blindness to factors in one’s own life that give them a leg up. An example: she tells a story about going to Kripalu with her daughter, and how being in such a loving, joyous, gratitude-forward environment made them feel love, joy, and gratitude; so much so that they almost hugged their cab driver at the airport. Which is lovely. “But Sylvia,” I wanted to say, “you’re a meditation instructor, and a white boomer woman. You are Kripalu’s target demographic. Of *course* you feel welcome there.” When I go there, I feel welcome, too. It’s something you have to discover for yourself. It’s something you have to be willing to work hard to uncover. A good place to start would be to let go of all of the ideas that things and ideas are what will bring you to true happiness. 9. True happiness reveals itself through love.

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We all have neuro-plasticity which is the ability of the brain to form and reorganise synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury. All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future--a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life--is gone. [p. 149]” If I can't see around my personal story, I'll have no way to see sit in context: This is one event in a life of events. It is whatever it is, but it is temporal. The pain is terrible, but it won't last. I can manage it. or this joy is incredible, but it won't last. Celebrate it now! [pp. 104-105]” HI Elaine we have not met yet i`m sure you have heard of and about me many times from your dear Mom,True happiness is an unwavering connection to your own truth. It’s is a connection to the soul, to the deepest part of ourselves that screams out for us to listen. Perhaps over the next week or so, become conscious about what is that has you radiate happiness and begin to focus on that more. Start your day as you mean to carry on I fancied what I would feel if I lived a stable life because I couldn’t distinguish amongst those who really loved and cared for me. Choose happiness every day. If you do, over time, your world will slowly open up and you will experience joy in the smallest of things. You don’t need to search for happiness because it’s already inside of you, waiting to get out. The happiest of people didn’t get this way magically. They wake up every day and choose to be happy. This is supported by research that shows that 40 percent of our happiness is within our control, proving that this is a choice that anyone can make.