The Value of Rest
Statistically, taking more vacation results in greater success at work as well as lower stress and more happiness at work and home.
Understanding Your Own Belief System
What do you know for sure? What beliefs do you build your life around and how did you come to hold them? How do they change the way you interact with your world?
Embracing Your Core Values
Gaining clarity is an essential part of building a life of joy. Understanding your core values is the first step in doing so. Your values guide your life and when they’re challenged, you feel “off” and maybe a bit untethered.
Hygge as Self-Care
It’s not all sunshine and roses over here, far from it, but my hygge habits allow me to control small parts of my daily life. For me, it’s when I feel that I have no control over anything that I have the most difficult time. Finding pockets of hygge and joy through the days and the seasons helps tremendously.
Following My Curiosity
I’ve long struggled with fun. I associated being responsible with being in control and fun seemed like a loss of control. The more responsible I felt I needed to be, the less fun I allowed until I realized that I did nothing but work.
I’ll Be Happy When…
Do you find yourself saying “I’ll be happy when I get that promotion, buy a new car, lose 20 pounds, etc.”? What happens when you achieve your goal? Chasing external validation or success defined by others is a constantly moving goal post.
Joy Amid Challenges
We can all agree that these last 10 1/2 months since the WHO declared this pandemic have been difficult. So, if I’m telling you that joy is within you and unshakeable, where is it here? If you are working to uncover yours, how do you do so? The answer is to start with small steps.
Defining Joy
Does your version of joy depend on what is happening around you or is it something you can access regardless of your circumstances?