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Life Shifts And Changes

6/4/2019

It's the end of another school year. I have a daughter who is a senior in high school who will be graduating this week. How did that happen? So many feels, such a mix of emotions, so bittersweet. This whole school year has been marked with many passages...this will be the last time for this and this will be the last time for that.

Life is always shifting and changing, challenging us with its twists and turns, testing us, blessing us. Some shifts are welcome and others not so much, but one things for certain, they are not all within our control. Even the ones that we welcome mean change and that's not always easy. In these moments, whether good or bad, our spiritual practice can carry us and support us.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to be fully present and engaged, to savor the moment. Being mindful to enjoy and not just endure the change.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to be grateful and to keep perspective. Being grateful always for the goodness in our life. Focusing our attention and energy on the many things in our life to be grateful for helps us to keep perspective. Savoring and enjoying the journey, all of its ups and downs, discoveries and beauty.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to love deeply. To share love, show love, express love, demonstrate love, give love, receive love, bask in love.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to embrace the change, not to resist it, letting the new chapter unfold, not getting stuck in a fear-based mentality, finding the silver lining. Recognizing and being okay with the idea that most things in life are not permanent. Things ebb and flow, allow the flow to happen with as much ease as possible. Discovering the concept of impermanence was a game changer for me. Most everything in life is impermanent, things shift and change regularly. Just knowing this and flowing with it makes a huge difference. There's a lot less suffering, if we can stay rooted in the idea of allowing and impermanence.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to have faith and trust. To surrender and turn it over to a higher power. You've been through shifts and changes before, somehow it'll be okay even if we can't see how at the moment.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder to live life with intention. Each and every day setting our intentions and then following through with our action.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a reminder of forgiveness. Forgiving ourself and others for our imperfections. Moving on in life with a clean slate, with clear and positive intention. Not being part of the woulda, shoulda, coulda club.

The shifts and changes of life can serve as a time for reflection. Reflecting on and savoring the memories, the lessons learned, the journey. Wow, what a ride it can be at times!

The shifts and changes of life can be exciting if we let them. It can be exciting to not necessarily know what's just around the corner and how life can continue to shift. Say yes to the possibility of what's to come and be all in. Be curious and fascinated by what's yet to come.

As life shifts and changes and one chapter comes to a close and another one begins to unfold, I invite you to use your spiritual practice to help guide you through and support you.

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I Love You And There's Nothing You Can Do About It

5/28/2019

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Do you choose fear or do you choose love? This is a question that I ask myself often. Am I choosing fear or am I choosing love? It can be a hard one at times, it's ingrained in us to root ourselves in fear, we are conditioned to believe that it's necessary for our survival.

I recently had the privilege of listening to John O'Leary speak. He was inspiring, so I decided to read his book, On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life. In his talk and book, he shares his thoughts on fear and love which mirror my own. It served as an important reminder to me, so I want to share his thoughts with you along with an awesome statement that has the power to radically change and inspire your life.

In the book John explains, "Fear is rooted in what may happen, something that does not even exist in reality. Yet how frequently we allow this emotion to consume our thoughts, ultimately deciding the course of our lives." Isn't that true? With fear we are concerned about what "might happen". We get all hung up and consumed with...what if this and what if that.

John explains that fear suffocates...it suffocates creativity, openness, trust and possibility. It keeps us from being accountable, waiting for someone else to step forward and solve things. It keeps us from going all in, from taking risks, from being vulnerable. It keeps us small, telling us to hold back in case something goes wrong. Fear keeps us in a victim mentality, blaming others and thinking why me? Fear focuses us on ourself and keeps us stuck. Fear is no way to run a government, an organization, a family, or a life.

John writes, "All day long we get to choose how we approach each moment. We are free to live out of fear: How is this guy going to take advantage of me? I better cock my fist. Or, I better keep my guard up, this guy might steal my account. Or, okay, I'm already running late, I'm going to cut people off, walk with my head down, and make life all about me. My needs. My wants. My life. Me."

In regard to love he states, "Love is not just reserved for our inner circle. Our friends and family. It is intended to be the currency of our world. Offered to everyone you meet. If you are going to transform your life from a series of obligations to a long list of moments for joy, then you have to learn the secret. The secret is to say in your head to every person you meet, 'I love you and there's nothing you can do about it.' When you say it to yourself it changes the way you look at someone, it changes what you think about someone, it changes how you interact with someone, it changes what you're thinking about, it changes what turns you off and what turns you on, and it certainly changes what you're going to do next about it...Love gives you a laser like focus on what is truly important. Without it, we are frozen in the dark. With it, we light up the world...Those words allow you to focus on others, on their needs and on what they are saying. It keeps you mindful of what they might need in that moment, instead of what they might take from you; or what you might get from them...I love you drops your barriers, then theirs."

He concludes, "Choose to let go of fear and operate, lead, and live from a place of unconditional love...What if we approached each situation in our lives through the lens of love rather than the lens of fear?" Can you imagine how the world might change if we all practiced silently repeating that phrase to ourself and began to live and lead from a place of love?

I invite you to soak that all in and to reflect on it. Those are some powerful words and thoughts. I am working on practicing saying this statement either in my head or out loud with every interaction that I have with others. Sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's a challenge, but it serves as a reminder to me to live through the lens of love rather than the lens of fear and to remember that we are all one. There really is no place where I stop and you start.

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You Can't Be What You Can't See

5/21/2019

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Our belief systems are so important, they help dictate and ultimately determine how we view life and what we believe to be possible. If you are desiring to accomplish a dream that seems far-fetched then changing your belief system is a critical first step. It’s important to surround yourself with examples of how others have done something similar. Surrounding yourself through books, movies, and people who have been courageous at creating something similar.

Another great way to work toward achieving a dream is to utilize the tool of visualization. You can’t be what you can’t see. If you can visualize it into being then you can create it into being. You can’t create what you can’t imagine, so imagining it by surrounding yourself with examples of how others have done something similar, and then visualizing what you want to create is powerful.

I believe that it’s important to start each day with a clear idea of what you hope to achieve. If you start it with clearly defined intentions, everything in your conscious, subconscious, and higher mind will focus on supporting them. Where your attention goes, energy flows. What you give attention to you are going to bring to life. Concentrate your attention on the few things that will make a difference.

According to Sonia Choquette, author of the book Trust Your Vibes At Work, and Let Them Work for You, the best way to set your intentions is to develop the art of visualization. Here are five tips for setting your intentions and using visualization from the book.

5 Tips For Setting Intentions

Wake up a few minutes earlier.
Before rising, mentally review your schedule for the day ahead.
Imagine each person or situation that you’ll face, along with the outcome you want to create with each one.
Visualize every encounter, project, and assignment flowing smoothly.
Breathing deeply as you see your day, leave room for even greater successes than you can imagine and expect the best.

Get up 15 minutes earlier than usual, and while still in bed, review everything your schedule for the day. Decide what you hope to create and achieve from each task. At the same time, honestly assess your emotional and mental approach to each event. Are you looking forward to it, or are you hesitant and resistant? If you’re feeling negative, what’s causing your discomfort? The more specifically you can preview your day, the more clarity and receptivity you’ll invite in from your intuitive mind throughout the day.

Next, ask yourself these basic questions:

What do I have scheduled today?
What do I want to get out of this experience?
How do I feel about the events I have in place?

Then pay attention to your responses. If you’re uncomfortable about anything, ask yourself about the insecurity, challenge it.

Doing this for a few minutes each morning, before you start your day, will help to activate your intuitive muscles. View these exercises as business meetings with your higher consciousness. As Sonia Choquette says, “Do not underestimate the power of envisioning your day. A few minutes spent imagining wonderful things in the morning can turn an ordinary day into a miracle-making one.”

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What More Can I Do?

5/14/2019

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Have you started journaling yet? Recording your thoughts, experiences, life questions and challenges, your reflections, chronicling your day? It's something that I am currently working on doing and share as a key strategy for creating and sustaining happiness.

I attended a seminar last week and the presenter, John O'Leary, had a journaling suggestion that I really like. He said to end the day journaling and to include the question, "What more can I do?" I love this for a few reasons.

I believe that asking this question each day helps to create perspective,W similar to the way ending the day journaling about things that you are grateful for does. It causes us to get outside of ourself, our life, our problems and challenges by stretching ourself with "What more can I do?" What more can I do to grow and learn? What more can I do to care for myself? What more can I do to be of service to someone else? What more can I do for the world? What more can I do to love?

Keeping perspective on life is super important. It can be easy for us to focus on the negative things going on in our life and our world. It's important to recognize all of the goodness that is also around us in abundance. Spending a few minutes in reflection each day helps us to keep this perspective.

Practicing compassion is one of the strategies to leading a happy, connected life. Each day taking a few moments to reflect on..."What more can I do?"...helps cultivate compassion. It identifies ways that we can reach out and be of service in some way to someone else. Maybe that means praying for them, sending them positive loving energy, maybe it means offering to help, maybe it means thinking of the next thing you could provide them as an opportunity, the list is endless and sometimes just taking the time to consider it is all that is necessary.

You might be thinking that you don't have time for journaling, let alone considering what you could do for someone else. I totally get that and yet I still invite and encourage you do it. I believe you will reap so many benefits from this practice that it'll be time worth spending.

Gratitude, compassion and connection are all important variables in leading a happy life. Utilizing journaling as a vehicle for cultivating these key variables makes for an awesome combination. Give it a try!

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Be Curious Release Judgment

5/7/2019

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I remember when my kids were young and they had endless questions..."Why? Why? Why?"...would ring in my ears endlessly. They were curious about everything, wanting to learn and understand everything in this big world around them. Never satisfied with just one answer, but wanting to probe and be inquisitive and absorb more and more.

I feel like over the course of time we lose some of that curiosity, or it's suppressed in order to not be seen as a nuisance to those around us. In general as a society, we teach our children to not question authority, to not question society, to not question the status quo, to not question their teachers, leaders, elders, politicians, etc. It seems as though over time we lose a lot of that childlike curiosity. To some degree we stop questioning, stop being curious, stop learning and instead start judging.

On some level maybe we don't want to give away that it's something we don't already know. To be curious implies that we don't already have all of the answers. God forbid should someone think we don't already know.

Or is it that as adults we don't have the time to be curious? We are so busy with our lives and running on the hamster wheel that we simply don't have the time, capacity, desire to engage in the effort of being curious.

It seems like we have replaced curiosity with judgment. Instead of being curious about someone or something, we quickly resort to judging them or it instead. We form quick conclusions based on what we think we know and how it fits with the little bubble that we live in. We sync up with those who are like-minded and judge the rest as being "wrong".

It can feel maybe safer to judge and stay in our bubble and keep others in their bubble instead of trying to understand, instead of being curious. If we are curious and we learn a little more than we run the risk of being confused, of not having concrete answers that judgment seems to provide. We want a "right" and a "wrong" answer, that feels manageable and safe. Our view of the world and of people might shift and that can feel scary.

I listened to an episode of Oprah's Super Soul Sunday, where she was interviewing film and television producer Brian Grazer about his new book, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. I love Brian's ideas on expanding our curiosity, a trait he attributes to his success and says should be as much a part of our culture as creativity and innovation. Brian made a decision early on in his career to seek out "curiosity conversations" with at least one new person each day. He stresses how all of us can benefit from this practice of stepping outside our comfort zones.

Brian discussed and gave examples of how these "curiosity conversations" helped his career, opened up doors for him, and caused him to be a more connected and interesting person. I love the idea of engaging in curiosity conversations. Conversations where we are just really trying to connect with another human being and learn about them, their life, their interests, their passions, their career, their thoughts, their opinions. What an easy and powerful way to gain awareness of our world, gain perspective, see life through another lens, gain empathy, gain knowledge.

Here's another way to look at the concept of holding "curiosity conversations"...We've all had conversations with people where we walk away feeling good about the person, like they heard us, were interested in us. On the flip side, we've all had conversations where we walked away and felt like we were "talked to" or not understood, not heard, or where the person wasn't really present. I aspire for my interactions with people to end with them feeling acknowledged versus judged or disregarded. We've all felt the difference. Approach everyone and every situation with curiosity and release judgment.

The concept of leading a curious life appeals to me. I don't want to squelch my curiosity. I don't want to instantly judge or follow the status quo, or what someone, or what society tells me I should be thinking or asking about. I don't want to be so busy all the time that I don't have a few minutes to engage in a real conversation with the person next to me. It's important for us to explore, to question, to engage in life. Be curious about other people, be curious about where our food comes from, be curious about our spirituality, be curious about a country we are visiting, be curious about other cultures and races, be curious about what our heart is telling us, be curious about our purpose, the list is endless.

I love this quote from Elizabeth Gilbert, "A curiosity-driven life is a beautiful thing. Following your curiosity begins a scavenger hunt that can lead you to amazing places...It might even lead you to your passion."

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The Power Of Awe

4/30/2019

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The feeling of awe, have you felt it lately? It's that wonderful, heart-opening feeling of amazement, wonder, reverence and inspiration. We usually experience it when we feel we are in the presence of some greater force.

Lately, as I've been going for a walk or driving around I've been feeling awe at the beauty of nature, the vibrant green grass, the blooming spring flowers, the budding trees. It's pretty easy out in nature to feel awe if you are aware and noticing it, or actively practicing awe.

You might be thinking, "What do you mean actively practicing awe? Is this a thing?" The answer is yes, it is a thing! A lot of new research is coming out on the power of awe and the intentional practice of cultivating the feeling.

The feeling of awe is good for your health and helps us to revise our mental models of what's possible in the world. A new UC Berkeley study reveals that awe can even improve physical and mental health, possibly even lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes, clinical depression, heart disease, and arthritis ... benefits similar to those enjoyed by eating right and exercising. As Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner puts it, “Don’t underestimate the power of goosebumps.”

This most recent research out of UC Berkeley links positive emotions...especially the awe we feel when touched by the beauty of nature, art, and spirituality...with lower levels of pro-inflammatory proteins that signal the immune system to work harder.

And the good news is that you can promote your health with an awe experience as simple as watching a sunset, or even looking at a picture of an awe-inspiring sunset. As Dr. Dacher Keltner put it, "That awe, wonder, and beauty promote healthier levels of cytokines suggests that the things we do to experience these emotions...a walk in nature, losing oneself in music, beholding art...has a direct influence upon health and life expectancy."

Awe can be found in almost any environment, turning a mundane or ordinary experience into one of inspiration, wonder and awe. We're more likely to feel awe in a new place, where the sights and sounds are unfamiliar to us.

The key to feeling awe is to be in the right frame of mind, then you can turn an ordinary walk into a series of awe-inspiring moments, filled with awesome surprises. The practice of awe is easy and can be done anywhere, anytime.

During your next walk, try to approach what you see with a fresh set of eyes, even if you are walking in the city versus out in a natural landscape. Look for the beauty, look for the awe-inspiring sights. You might find it in a skyscraper, some amazing architectural work, a beautiful art piece, a beam of sunlight dancing through a window, a gesture of another person, the giggle of a young child. The possibilities are endless!

I invite and encourage you to practice awe by building into your day mini awe interventions!

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Today I'll Choose Courage Over Comfort

4/23/2019

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Last week's post focused on overcoming the fear of failure, in order to dance with joy and lead our best life. This week, I'd like to explore choosing courage over comfort.

One of my favorite teachers and authors is Brene Brown. Brene is a researcher, professor, and author who has spent a large part of her career researching vulnerability and shame. Brene says that you can't be courageous without also being vulnerable. Vulnerability and shame often weave together to form a tapestry of smallness and regret. It takes courage and the willingness to be vulnerable to lead the life of our dreams and to face the fear of failure.

Brene states that everyday when she wakes up, before her feet hit the floor, she sets her intention by saying, "Today I'll choose courage over comfort." I've added this to my morning intention setting as well. One of the keys to courage is to recognize that vulnerability isn't a weakness, but instead the proper measure of courage. Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging and joy.

It's easy to play it safe, to operate within the comfort zone, to coast through life one day turning into the next, but is that what we're here on this earth to do? Are we supposed to "play it safe", to hide our truth, our voice, our passion? On one hand it's easier, but on the other it eats away at us when we make this choice and typically we end up with regret.

Brene states, "I think the people who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses in this world. This is especially true of people who rumble with failure. These are people who choose courage over comfort, accountability over blame, and are able to embed key learnings from failures into their lives."

Brene urges people not to open their hearts to just anyone. “Don’t grab that hurtful stuff from the cheap seats and pull it close, don’t pull it anywhere near your heart. Just let it fall to the ground. You don’t have to stomp it or kick it, you’ve just got to step over it and keep going. You can’t take criticism and feedback from people who are not being brave with their lives. The deal is that you have to be very specific about people whose opinions of you matter. It’s not that you don’t give a shit what anyone thinks, just don’t give a shit about what some people think. And then really solicit feedback from the people that do give you good feedback. And you know who makes that list? I’ll tell you who should make the list: People who like you, not despite your imperfection and vulnerability, but because of your imperfection and vulnerability.”

Brene has a new offering on Netflix titled, Brene Brown the Call to Courage. Check it out for some great information, stories and a lot of laughter. As Brene says, "Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort."

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Flirt With Failure

4/11/2019

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I saw this saying a while ago that I absolutely love, I'm not sure who said it, but I wanted to share it with you. It goes like this, "Be willing to flirt with failure in order to dance with joy. I would rather flirt with failure than never dance with joy." I just love that, it really speaks to me and creates such a great visual. It's something I remind myself of frequently, since my natural tendency is to play it safe, to let fear of failure take over and stop me from trying.

Does fear of failure hold you back too? A lot of us cringe at the thought of failure and avoid it at almost any cost. Causing us to run the risk of having regrets and not following our dreams. Fear of failure is one of the things that keeps us stuck, that keeps us small, that keeps us from enjoying the dance of joy. In the process of avoiding the unpleasant feelings that typically surround failure, we rob ourselves of the pleasant feeling of joy. The sweet taste of success, of accomplishment, of courage, of celebration.

Here's the problem, we think that it's bad if we fail, that it's embarrassing. Failure makes us feel vulnerable like somehow we weren't good enough, smart enough, wise enough, that we wasted time and/or money, that we took an unnecessary or even stupid risk. We often don't look at it as a learning or growing opportunity and we may not view it as courageous.

I work hard to keep in mind my belief that I am here in this lifetime to grow and learn. How can I grow and learn if I don't stretch myself, try new things, explore and take some risks? I also keep in mind my belief in curiosity, viewing things as an experiment, staying light-hearted and playful. We tend to get so serious about things, I don't believe that we are meant to be so serious and to play things so safe, or to judge our so called "failures" as bad. Instead, I work hard to pay attention and listen to my intuition and to let that guide me in my choices.

We often hear that failure builds character. Failure helps us to build character traits of compassion, empathy, forgiveness, gratitude, courage, wisdom, vulnerability, patience and determination. All of these traits are hard to embody until we have experienced them first hand.

As a parent, it can be hard to not try and keep our kids from failing at things in life. It's a natural instinct almost to shelter them and protect them and steer them away from failure.

I was recently watching an interview done by Marie Forleo of Abby Wambach, an American retired soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion and a recent author. During the interview, Abby said, "As a parent, what do we want our kids to be? Wise, brave and kind. Failure makes you wise, brave and kind. We need to recognize that failure is not going to kill us, it will send us on a different path, a different trajectory. Failures are an opportunity to reflect, to reassess, and to begin again and again and again."

Spiritual teacher Wayne Dyer said, "Everything is either an an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose." Fear of failure robs us from experiencing our best life. Every moment of every day we get to choose, we get to make a choice as to whether we're going to grow or remain the same. I invite you to set aside your fear of failure, and instead flirt with failure in order to dance with joy.

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All Of The Children Of God Are Special, And None Of The Children Of God Are Special

4/9/2019

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Author and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson routinely refers to this quote from A Course in Miracles, "All of the children of God are special, and none of the children of God are special." I love the duality, the paradox, of this statement.

The statement speaks to our perfect equality, that everyone and everything is perfectly equal. We are all special, and yet no one is more special than anyone else. We are all children of God. All of us are unique, but none more deserving than another. We are all special, yet we are all the same. We are One. We are all special, but not special from each other. We are all equal in the eyes of God and we are all reflections of Divine oneness.

Our ego wants us to believe that some people are more special than others. It likes to determine who is special and who isn't. It works hard to convince us, and others, that we are special. Yet, at the same time, we feel inferior constantly judging and comparing ourselves to others, as well as comparing others to others.

Spiritually, ego means considering oneself to be distinct, or separate from others and from God. It's the opposite of identifying with the Soul, or the God within us, and living our daily life with this consciousness. Our egos are powerful, they can make us believe that everything is about us. Ego is that fear-based voice that shows up and keeps us small and keeps us stuck. Fear is synonymous with ego.

The ego fools us into becoming overly identified with our bodies, our thoughts and emotions. I've often heard the acronym for ego to be Edge God Out. I really like this description of ego.

God's love shines equally onto those who commit the unthinkable just as much as it does onto those who are loving and kind. God's love makes no exceptions or precludes anyone. No one is any more loved than the next, regardless of actions. It's only the ego that would seek and cause us to believe otherwise. As A Course in Miracles states, “God is not partial. All His children have His total Love, and all His gifts are freely given to everyone alike.”

God's love, Devine love, is unconditional love. Some would say that our purpose on earth is to love the way God loves. To recognize our oneness, to love our neighbor as we love ourself. Recognizing that all of us are special and none of us are special.

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Happiness And Well-Being Decreases In The United States

3/20/2019

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The 2019 World Happiness Report was recently released and the United States (U.S.) again dropped in its ranking falling to 19th, down from 18th in 2018 and 14th in 2017. In the U.S., income per capita has increased in the past decade and yet happiness has declined.

Finland takes the number one spot for the happiest country in the world. The top 10 happiest countries are, as in previous years, dominated by the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden, as well as Finland. All but two of the top 10 countries, New Zealand and Canada, are in Europe.

Not only is our happiness suffering, but so is our health (partially due to the critical link between happiness and health). Life expectancy in the U.S. has declined for the first time in decades. The average life expectancy for Americans is 78.7 years, which puts the U.S. behind other developed nations and 1.5 years lower than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average life expectancy of 80.3. Not only is it decreasing, but it’s consistently behind other developed countries. Addiction and emotional well-being are considered two key reasons.

Why is it that these countries consistently rank high in happiness? Why is it that the U.S. is dropping in the happiness ratings? What do the Nordic countries do differently that causes them to consistently rank happier? What can we learn from them?

According to an article in the HuffPost, "It’s not hard to understand why Finland is doing so well. The northern European country has a strong social safety net, including a progressive, successful approach to ending homelessness. It also has a high-quality education system, and its commitment to closing the gender gap is paying off. With a population of just over 5.5 million people, it’s the only country in the developed world where fathers spend more time with school-aged children than mothers."

Finnish society has been built in such a way that people are supported but still feel like they have control over their lives, said Anu Partanen, the author of The Nordic Theory of Everything. Partanen recently moved back to her native Finland after a decade in New York, along with her American husband and one year-old daughter.

According to Partanen, “Most people would like a life where they can get health care if they get sick, where their children get a good education, where they can work and hopefully feel fulfilled in that work, while still being able to spend time with loved ones. It’s not that Finns are necessarily looking to become immensely rich. I think Finland just does a pretty good job of helping people achieve this lovely, ordinary life.”

Partanen, said her time in the U.S. was defined by anxiety. “It takes immense energy to find the right day care, find the right school, find the right doctor, then figure out the right insurance plan and how you’re going to pay for everything, as it’s so expensive.”

High economic growth and increased income per capita does not necessarily translate into increased happiness. In reality it can come at the expense of our social connections and happiness in our daily lives. The U.S. would do well to take this message on board, said co-editor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. “We keep chasing economic growth as the holy grail, but it’s not bringing well-being for our country. We should stop our addiction to GDP growth as our sole or primary indicator of how we’re doing.”

Besides advocating and voting for change, what can we personally do to bring more happiness and well-being into our lives? Join me for my next workshop, Living A High Vibration Life, to learn how to bring health and happiness into your life. This 3 part workshop is on April 7th, 14th and 28th from 3:00-5:30 pm. Learn more and register at https://perennial-yoga.com/living-a-high-vibration-life. Let's do what we can to right the trend of happiness and overall well-being in our lives!

Here is a look at well-being index (includes happiness) by state:

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Flirt With Failure

All Of The Children Of God Are Special, And None Of The Children Of God Are Special

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