Working On Happiness

We all have something called mirror neurons, that fire (react) exactly the same way when we see someone else, as if we were performing that action ourselves. Brain scans demonstrate that when a person...

Often, the best way to help ourselves is by helping others. Helping other people creates a great feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment that sometimes we lose for being so absorbed and busy with our...

Our brain is designed to protect us.  Since it has an extraordinary ability for scenario simulation, it does a phenomenal work in alerting us about every possible risk or negative outcome.  Even though this...

March 20th, 2023 We tend to complain about the things missing in our life under the unrealistic assumption that everything needs to be perfect, everything around us, all the time.  But in reality, there...

March 13th, 2023 If we look at nature, disturbances like storms, fire and disease, result in areas of dead trees, creating the environment for a new forest to grow.  That is the essence of...

Paying more attention to the present moment, including our thoughts and feelings, our body and the world around us can positively change the way we feel about life and how we approach challenges.   It...

We all want people to do what they should. This person should be nicer; or he must apologize to me; that person should have sent me a thank you card for my gift; that...

Sometimes things simply go bad or worse than expected.   In those moments it is very important to gain some perspective in order to give the problem the correct dimension. By taking some distance, we...

It is normal to evaluate our own success by looking to others.  It is horrible to say but it is in our human nature to feel bad when someone shines more than we do...