Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Why Are Close Friendships Important?

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According to a 2021 American Perspectives Survey, Americans tend to have fewer close friends in recent years than they did in years past (se...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Discovering Your Happiness Triggers

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I'm discussing  triggers from a different perspective than how I usually discuss them as a trauma therapist (see my article:  What is a ...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

What is a Flow State?

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The Flow State has also been described as being "in the zone" or "in the groove."   When  people are in a Flow State, th...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

How to Maintain a Happy Relationship

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Developing and maintaining a happy relationship is more challenging these days than ever.  Whereas in former times people had the emotional ...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Overcoming Your Discomfort With Asking For Emotional Support

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There is a Swedish proverb that says, "Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."  This proverb reminds us that we...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

When You Shut Down Emotional Pain, You Also Shut Down Potential Pleasure

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There are many people, who have a history of traumatic experiences and who could benefit from psychotherapy, but they never come to therapy....
Monday, December 18, 2017

Looking Happy on the Outside, But Feeling Broken on the Inside

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Looking happy on the outside, but feeling broken on the inside is a common experience for people who are depressed but who want to appear as...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

A Happy Life vs. a Meaningful Life

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In my prior article, Are You Waiting For Happiness? , I focused on the issue of people waiting for a person, event or something else that is...