Dr. Rick Hanson, a neuropsychologist, is the author of New York Times best-selling books including Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing and Mother Nurture. On this episode of the Better Life, Better Business Podcast, Shawn speaks with Rick about his latest book (already a New York Times bestseller!), Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, […]
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Jon Kabat-Zinn writes in his book, Wherever You Go, There You Are, that “We resonate with one another’s sorrows because we are interconnected. Being whole and simultaneously part of a larger whole, we can change the world simply by changing ourselves.” How? “If I become a center of love and kindness in this moment, then
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Recently, I shared five ways to be more positive, based on the research of Shawn Achor, happiness expert and author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness. One of those ways is practicing gratitude each day, and I got a lesson in gratitude this week. I was sitting in the passenger seat of the car while
“Speed is a source of stimulation and fleeting pleasure. Slowing down is a route to depth, more enduring satisfaction, and to excellence.” – Tony Schwartz Today’s message comes via Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse who worked for many years in palliative care. Her patients were those who had gone home to die, and she spent
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Today’s word is STRIVING, as in: Striving to overcome. Striving for perfection. Striving to get ahead. Striving to achieve our goals. And I think it’s time we put an end to it. Uhhh… I think I can hear the cries of heresy. Isn’t striving a good thing? After all, to strive is — according to
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