Tag: Happiness

How to Keep Smiling (Even When Life Sucks)

Written by on January 5, 2016 in Everyday Resilience with 29 Comments
How to Keep Smiling (Even When Life Sucks)

  What makes you happy? How about a new car, more money (Winning the lottery is an all time favorite!), a great job, a vacation or the right man (or woman)? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with appreciating the value of the people and things that have the potential to contribute to our happiness, and who […]

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Finding Joy in a Most Unexpected Place

Written by on May 25, 2015 in Everyday Resilience, Self Awareness with 14 Comments
Finding Joy in a Most Unexpected Place

I confess to having a fascination with minutiae … the many seemingly trivial things we generally take for granted. The smell and feel of sheets dried in fresh air, being able to read and write, finding the perfect word, the first cup of coffee in the morning, watching the sunrise from my deck, the smell […]

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Leave Your Bad Mood Behind in Minutes

Written by on May 7, 2015 in Emotional Mastery with 16 Comments
Leave Your Bad Mood Behind in Minutes

We all have times when we fall into a funk. You know like when you wake up cranky and even if the sun is shining and all is well with the world, you’re annoyed…or maybe you’re just feeling a little sad or unfocused. Maybe you’re having a tough time getting over something someone said or […]

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A Special Message of Gratitude

Written by on November 26, 2014 in Emotional Mastery with 15 Comments
A Special Message of Gratitude

Thank you to everyone who has spent a little of your precious time following my writing over the years and especially to those intrepid souls who have contributed to the conversation along this journey.   Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can become. About Marquita Herald Marquita […]

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In Praise of Simply Awesome Moments

Written by on September 1, 2014 in Personal Accountability with 15 Comments
In Praise of Simply Awesome Moments

Occasionally all your senses will come together and it matters not that a thing is but a simple joy, for that precise moment in time it’s pretty darn awesome. As a writer I find it endlessly fascinating how one idea can spark curiosity (or righteous indignation) that in turn leads to a wholly different perspective […]

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How Do You Define Your Happiness?

Written by on July 28, 2014 in Emotional Mastery, Life by Design with 10 Comments
How Do You Define Your Happiness?

Do you ever find yourself thinking “I will be happy if” … or, “Someday when (fill in the blank) then I will be completely happy …” If this sounds familiar I’d like you to consider that the habit of perpetually searching for the perfect formula to achieve this “elusive” state of satisfaction and joy may […]

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