What Makes Us Unhappy?
Understanding where unhappiness comes from gives us a clearer sense of what ingredients we need in our lives to make us happy.
Understanding where unhappiness comes from gives us a clearer sense of what ingredients we need in our lives to make us happy.
Many people are lonely on Valentine’s Day more than they’d like to be, and the imagery of hearts, kisses, roses, boxes of candy, cards, etc., can drum up old feelings of shame and abandonment fear.
Journeying to the center of the self is not an end, but a beginning of an increasing compassion and energy output toward the world. If we can slow down global warming, and yet do not come together to take action to prevent it, then we are abandoning ourselves and each other.
To achieve a goal, you probably have to borrow the time and energy from something you’re currently doing – some passive pleasure to which you’ve become habituated (addicted). What might that be?
In her phone session with me, Katy was completely perplexed about her jealousy. “As you know, I broke up with my boyfriend, Jared, 6 months ago. By the time I broke up with him, I was really done with the relationship, and I have no desire to be with him. But last week I found …