By Lisa Cypers Kamen.
Save some money in a “rainy day” fund. Organize your responsibilities each day. You want to have money to spend and a plan for your life- even a simple plan can make a difference.
Simplify. Get rid of the things we don’t need; don’t buy things you don’t need. There will be less to clean and less stuff that can get in our way.
Smile, even though things may not be perfect. This can make a big difference and contribute to overall peace in your life.
Single out the people in your life who mean the most to you. Tell them how much you care about them. Tell your kids or others in your life that you are proud of them. Tell your spouse or someone else who means a lot to you how much you love them.
If someone who means a lot to you needs encouragement, share some with them. Helping others brings us success. Intend to hold back negative thoughts as these can hold us back. We won’t take certain risks if negative thoughts are coming up into our minds.
Intend something that you never thought or believed to be possible. The first step is usually the hardest. Once we’re on the path to success, our life will be filled with happiness.
Are you ready to transform your life? Are you ready to open your arms and bring an abundance of joy, love, happiness, and success and material wealth into your life? Are you ready to start living the life you want, not the life you have? You can change the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical patterns that are keeping you stuck where you are and preventing you from being where you want to be. Find the secret to enjoying your life more fully no matter where you are in your journey.
Lisa Cypers Kamen is a filmmaker, positive psychology coach, author, host of Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio, professor and lecturer specializing in the field of sustainable happiness. She is widely recognized as an expert on the subject. Lisa’s acclaimed documentary film co-produced with her now fifteen year-old daughter, Kayla, “H-Factor…Where is your heart?” explores how people in varied circumstances find, generate and share happiness. In addition to her film on happiness, Lisa has also published a number of articles and books entitled, Got Happiness Now?, Are We Happy Yet?, Leadership: Helping Others to Succeed and Reintegration Strategies, about combat trauma and using positive psychology principles to create wellness in a post-war new normal. Lisa’s written work is featured on blogs for the Huffington Post, PositivelyPositive.com and InspireMeToday.com and she is a TEDx community event speaker. In addition, she is the Happiness Expert for the Florida Department of Citrus/ Florida Orange Juice in its Take on the Day campaign.
Harvesting Happiness for Heroes™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that delivers stigma-free integrated combat trauma recovery services to warriors and their loved ones. Modalities include scientifically proven strengths based Positive Psychology coaching and interdisciplinary tools such as film, yoga, meditation, art and creative writing designed to mindfully empower the client to achieve increased self-mastery, self-esteem and reclaim her/his life. HH4Heroes focuses on the balance of mind, body and emotion resulting in greater overall wellbeing and the transformation of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) into Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG). HH4Heroes offers retreat workshops, one-on-one coaching, Battle Buddy programs, as well as our new R.E.B.O.O.T Online virtual community coaching classrooms designed to reach underserved areas. In addition, HH4Heroes deploys Return to Duty™ civilian and corporate training to help welcome a warrior home and into the community and workplace.
Lisa is committed to teaching Happiness is an inside job™ and helping others end their needless suffering through intentionally cultivating greater joy.
Hi Lisa your words of wisdom and the six steps are marvellous, I always check your web or your eBook to make sure that I have followed all the steps whether I am happy or not. Thank you for giving this precious gift to enlighten our life and my heartfelt blessings.