The Power Pause
Tweet Your days as a leader are jam-packed with people, process and sometimes problems. It’s entirely possible that no matter...
50 Shades of Grateful
Tweet In preparation for the upcoming holiday, I found some pictures that warmed my heart and put me in a...
When God Talks Back
Tweet There was once a time when I was obsessively concerned about the health of someone dear to me. I...
Set Yourself Up for Success
Tweet Creating happiness is an inside job. For those of us who were not born with the smiley face imprinted...
Death by Chocolate
Tweet Today it’s 888. It’s the 8th day of August in the year 2015 (2+1+5=8). It’s a year and one...
Carpe Kairos
Tweet A friend of mine walked in my door recently carrying this little sign. “Carpe Kairos” it read. “Kairos?” I...
Work For Peace (and Against Violence)
Tweet If you are like most people today you are fed up and angry about what is happening in...
Live the Four-Fold Way
Tweet This last week the world lost a great teacher, Angeles Arrien. An author, educator and consultant, Angeles was...
It’s International Happiness Day – Here’s an Audio Gift for You
Tweet It’s March 20th and International Happiness Day. This day was created by the United Nations proclaiming the pursuit of...
Oh Happy Day!
Tweet What an exciting week we have coming up! On Thursday March 20th, it’s International Day of Happiness. Its goal...
Welcome to the Funk Zone
Tweet It happens, you know. There are times when even a happiness coach is not happy. Happiness, like all emotions,...
Is Happy on Your List for the New Year?
Tweet What’s the First Word of the Year? Yep, the very first sentence we say to each other at the...
Go To The Beach In Your Mind… Or To The Mountains, The Forest Or The Rocks
Tweet Here’s a strange, but mostly unknown fact. Your unconscious mind cannot distinguish the difference between something that is real...
Make Your Own Love List
Tweet Live has a way of throwing us off kilter. Have you noticed? A short glimpse of the news, a...
Appreciation Audit
Tweet Building the “Positivity muscle” requires a little work. In the very same way that you might build more stamina...
3 Good Things And Why Exercise
Tweet We now know that when we can activate a positive emotion deliberately it has just as much power as...
Set Yourself Up for Success
Tweet Do you remember the last time you bought a car? If you knew the kind of car you wanted...
Don’t Beat the Puppy
Tweet Years ago I had a wonderful coach – a colleague and friend that agreed he would work with me...
“No, Not All The Time”
Tweet I called a friend yesterday to schedule a call later this week for some business we have together. “How...
Positively Happy Marriage Wishes
Tweet Just this week I did a spousal retreat day for a Vistage Florida group. I had CEO’s and their...
Saying ‘Goodbye Bonnie’
Tweet Bonnie was a bright ray of sunshine and the last time I saw her I told her I’d be...
Find Any Excuse to Celebrate
Tweet The week before last, I was in NY with most of the whole family together, east coast and west...
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About Positivity Practices
Positivity Practices is a blog dedicated to the idea that happiness is a process, not a place. It’s a choice we make over and over many times a day. It’s a skill that can be learned.
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