Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
How To Stop Wasting Your Time Dating The Wrong People
When you stop chasing the wrong people, you start giving the right ones the chance to find you. If you feel like you’ve fallen victim to negative dating patterns in the past, rest assured that you’re not alone. I have worked with and spoken to so many people who feel like they’re spinning in circles…
Read MoreWe Can’t Be Honest With Others Until We’re Honest With Ourselves
If we avoid the important questions we’ll never discover the important answers. I recently posed a question on my Facebook page: What is a non-negotiable dealbreaker for you when it comes to a relationship? The answers, while varied, largely gravitated towards one simple concept: Honesty. Being honest with our loved ones should be one of…
Read More7 Reasons The Strongest Relationships Are Built On Friendship
You can have a friendship without a relationship, but you can’t have a relationship without a friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche once said: “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” This concept serves to teach us the importance of building a foundation for happiness that stretches beyond intimacy into…
Read MoreReal Men Give A Shit
Caring about others is the ultimate showing of strength. The days of unemotional coldness passing off as strength are over. I am an American male, which means that growing up, much of what I was shown in the mainstream about masculinity was the lie that emotions and strength cannot coexist. We must choose one or…
Read MoreWhat You Do For A Living Doesn’t Define Who You Are As A Person
Times of high unemployment can be dangerous if we equate losing our job with losing our identity. It doesn’t have to be that way. IfI asked you to define who you are right now, what would you say? Many people have told me that they’re a teacher, or a doctor, or an accountant, or a…
Read MoreThe 5 C’s Of Every Healthy Relationship
Even if you take just one of these away, the entire thing can fall apart like a house of cards. Every person and relationship on the planet is unique, but there are cornerstones and qualities that all happy and healthy relationships share. If even one of these is not present, it can split two people…
Read More12 Positive Things You Can Focus On To Ease Your Coronavirus Concerns
(I originally published this piece on Medium). Information is important, but information overload can cause unneeded stress and anxiety. With more time than usual to turn on the TV or scroll through social media, many of us are constantly immersed in Coronavirus conversation. Who is or isn’t worried, who’s still going out to bars, and…
Read MoreYour 7 Point Cheat Sheet For Becoming Unstoppable (While Stuck At Home)
Whether a new challenge in life is either a hardship or an opportunity completely depends on how you choose to look at it. For the first time I can remember, the way of life of every living human on earth has been altered. The coronavirus has affected all of us in one way or another,…
Read MoreThe Psychological Reason You Get Bored In Relationships
Think about a time when you first accomplished a goal, got that thing you were saving for, or met the love of your life. Feel the euphoria and excitement that overwhelmed you at the time. Now, think about how you feel in the present moment. Hopefully you are still in love with your partner, still…
Read MoreYou are ruled by your habits, here’s how to make sure that’s a good thing
Aristotle said that excellence is a habit, but he said that about 2,000 years before Wendy Wood followed 2,000 people around and observed their daily activities and neurology. This study found that 40-45% of our daily decisions aren’t decisions at all, but habits. Routines. Anyone who’s ever forgotten how they got to (or from) work…
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