Feeling Blue? Consider the Beauty of Nature
One common happiness challenge is: How do you give yourself a boost when you’re feeling blue? Or when you’re past the point of feeling blue, and are feeling deeply unhappy? One refuge is to consider...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do When You’re Down?
“If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish, would you ask for something like another chance?” -Traffic Life is a journey with many twists and turns, switchbacks and...
View ArticleIs Stress Stressing You Out? 5 Tips to Help You Chill Out
The holiday season is typically seen as a happy time of year when stress, worries and anxiety magically give way to happiness, love and a sense of good will to all. While this is a nice thought, it is...
View ArticleBest of Intent 2013: The Hangouts from The Science of Survival to Coping with...
The creation of The Chopra Well – the Chopra YouTube channel – has allowed us to do many awesome things, but one of them that means the most to us is having been able to host several Google+ hangouts...
View ArticleI Intend to Keep Holiday Happiness All Year Round
I have to say the holidays from Thanksgiving to New Year are my most favorite, but not just because of all the festivities. The family and food and wine and chocolate, and I love to give gifts. My mom...
View ArticleSnow Problems: Suggestions for Surviving This Wicked Winter
I live in New York City which has been smacked with the worst winter in over three decades. However, if you reside in one of the few areas left that hasn’t been hit with record cold or sleet and snow...
View ArticleBetter Than Before: Why are Adult Women Using ADHD Meds?
I read with great interest the other day a story on the rising use of ADHD medication among women. While the new mantra for women is that to succeed they need to “lean in,” to be more assertive and...
View ArticleAfter the Diagnosis: Life with Breast Cancer
Anytime someone uses the world “cancer,” stomachs drop and brows furrow. When the word breast cancer is uttered, minds start racing with worries about the worst-case scenario. Leaving the doctor’s...
View ArticleThe World Is Not Against You: 3 Tips for Battling Depression
A coaching client of mine lost her job – for the second time this year. Downsizing. Company problems. None of it had to do with her performance – which was exceptional. She received a glowing letter of...
View Article7 Quotes to Help You Find Hope After the Storm
April showers bring May flowers – so the idiom goes, but who talks about how hard those April showers can be to get through? There are weeks during the year when it feels like the flood tides are...
View ArticleThe Importance of Laughter and Play for Children in Foster Care
It was noisy. The seven year old was laughing. Laughing very, very loudly. Running through the house, the little blond haired boy was chasing our five year old daughter. Indeed, both were laughing,...
View ArticleFive Ways to Cope With Failure
Failure is a part of life. You can call it whatever you want, a setback, an emotional let down, a breakup, a loss, but part of the reason why the experience is so incredibly painful is because at some...
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