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Articles represent the most recent content in five most-read topics – kind of a greatest hits in applied happiness. The Blog section below it is a straight feed of ALL my articles, listed from newest to oldest. There are hundreds of posts, going back to 2008 – so if you’re intent on exploring the unfiltered blog at length, you might want to access it on this alternate page, so you won’t have to scroll past this intro and the Articles section every time you load another page of older posts.
Articles:
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Everyday Happiness
- Act Happy Week 2023, Day 5: Self-Expression
- Act Happy Week 2023, Day 4: Self-Talk
- Act Happy Week 2023, Day 3: Self-Work
- Act Happy Week 2023, Day 2: Self-Care
5 Prescriptions for Happiness (downloadable PDF)
Strategies for Personal Change
- Book Reviews – Top 2 for ’21
- Done is Better than Perfect
- ThanksGETTING – How do you receive a Gift?
- I GOT A BALLOON!
Leadership and Workplace
- How To Ask For Coaching
- ThanksGETTING – How do you receive a Gift?
- Three Simple Rules
- ACT HAPPY WEEK, DAY 5: WHAT’S THE ONE THING?
Happiness Principles
- #6: Tolerate Nothing (downloadable PDF)
Annual Planning Kits
- Jim’s Annual Planning Kit for Couples (downloadable PDF)
- Jim’s Annual Planning Kit for Individuals (downloadable PDF)
Blog posts:
Act Happy Week 2023, Day 5: Self-Expression
The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body and new neural pathways in your brain to support more frequent experiences of what we call Positive Emotions. When you “Act Happy” you train your mind/body/heart to find Happiness, Calm, and … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Everyday Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Testimonials, Happiness Tips, Health, Practicing Happiness
Act Happy Week 2023, Day 4: Self-Talk
The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body and new neural pathways in your brain to support more frequent experiences of what we call Positive Emotions. When you “Act Happy” you train your mind/body/heart to find Happiness, Calm, and … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Everyday Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Testimonials, Happiness Tips, Health, Practicing Happiness
Act Happy Week 2023, Day 3: Self-Work
The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body and new neural pathways in your brain to support more frequent experiences of what we call Positive Emotions. When you “Act Happy” you train your mind/body/heart to find Happiness, Calm, and … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Everyday Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Testimonials, Happiness Tips, Health, Practicing Happiness
Act Happy Week 2023, Day 2: Self-Care
The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body and new neural pathways in your brain to support more frequent experience of what we call Positive Emotions. When you “Act Happy” you train your mind/body/heart to find Happiness, Calm, and … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Everyday Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Testimonials, Happiness Tips, Health, Practicing Happiness, Uncategorized
Act Happy Week 2023, Day 1: Self-Awareness
The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body and new neural pathways in your brain to support more frequent experience of what we call Positive Emotions. When you “Act Happy” you train your mind/body/heart to find Happiness, Calm, and … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Everyday Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Testimonials, Happiness Tips, Health, Practicing Happiness, Uncategorized
How To Ask For Coaching
You Have To Knock If You Want To Enter I recently onboarded a new client who self-described as “super excited” to begin and confessed that he’s “been waiting forever for this opportunity.” Knowing that his organization has invested in coaching for many years, I was curious: “Why have you been waiting?” His reply: “I didn’t know … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Communication, Executive Coaching, Happiness Tips, In the workplace, Leadership and Workplace, Trust and Coaching
Book Reviews – Top 2 for ’21
I used to curate an Annual Reading List, but after a while I learned two things: 1) a LOT of people and organizations do the same, to the point where mine felt redundant, and 2) based on click-tracking, I determined what people most appreciate is the surfacing of the BEST of the best. So I … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Communication, Executive Coaching, Happiness Tips, Health, Leadership, Meaning, Mindfulness, Strategies for Personal Change
Done is Better than Perfect
It’s no secret that this year has been…challenging. Just a year ago the first COVID vaccines were rolling out to front-line caregivers and those most at risk, and I shared in the general optimism that in 2021 we’d get past this Pandemic thing. Thus, my plan for 2021 included all the ideas that had been … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: About Happiness, Communication, Everyday Happiness, Executive Coaching, Happiness Tips, Mindfulness, Relationships, Strategies for Personal Change
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE EXECUTIVE HAPPINESS COACH®
While the world continues to march forward, I invite you to take a moment for quiet at the end of this year. Make the time you spend with family really count, even if it’s thru a plexiglass panel or a video camera lens. Have conversation. Listen. Hug often, laugh a lot, and look for the … Read more
ThanksGETTING – How do you receive a Gift?
As the saying goes, It is better to give than to receive. But if you pour water into a leaky glass, it won’t slake your thirst. So, let’s look at the receiving end of the process. Do you have a friend who is impossible to praise? If you say, “I appreciate the work you did,” might they say, … Read more
Read more articles like this one in: Happiness, Health, Leadership, Leadership and Workplace, Meaning, Strategies for Personal Change