BlogHappy Monday!
Happy Monday! When I first realized I was awake this morning, I smiled and then I remembered it was Monday. I had a great weekend and would have been happier…
BlogWhat’s Your State of Mind?
Let's play a little game of word association. I'm going to say a word and I want you to think of the first thing that comes into your mind. You…
BlogBlessings to YOU!
Recently, my friend Marci Shimoff shared a story with me that really touched my heart. Her friend CJ was very ill with lupus, but rather than complain about the situation,…
BlogPracticing Mindful Happiness
We are a world of people in a hurry. We are stressed and striving to make it through another day. We sometimes feel used and abused. And every now and…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Can You Create Happiness by Doing Nothing?
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. How many decisions do you make in a day? From fast food, to text meetings to tweets that blow up our phone we are inundated with media.…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Making Wishes Come True
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Before you think of Cinderella and the three fairy godmothers, I want you to think about how many times you think about what you want or…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Can We Create a Happy Life for Ourselves?
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Can we create a happy life for ourselves? The key word here is “create.” Do we cultivate a happy life when we choose to live a…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Can a Person Be Happy All the Time?
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Does a person have to be happy all the time? Can you expect there to be no negative experiences in your life? There will inevitably be…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Focusing On Now
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Focusing on now means that you focus on what is happening in the present. You can't change what happened yesterday and you don't know what tomorrow…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Secrets to a Happy Life
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Here are a couple of self-reflection questions and secrets to a happy life. Ask: If I had one day left, would I forgive the person who…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: What is Your Happiness?
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Happiness starts with you. It is all about your attitude toward life and the situations you face in daily living. You have to look at what…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Getting Yourself Unstuck to Find Your Happiness
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Are you stuck? Are you waiting for the right things to happen so that you can finally be happy? For many people, happiness is an enigma.…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Choosing to Be Happy Despite External Circumstances
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Every day when we turn on the news, we see a world that seems filled with sadness, poverty, loss and grief. We ask ourselves, over and…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Does Achievement Guarantee Happiness?
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Are high-achievers happier than the rest of the population? Is there a relationship between goal achievement and happiness? Curiously, there are people who have achieved great…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Keeping Resolutions Part 2
With the new year just beginning, here are some tips to keeping the resolution you made for the New Year and how to be happy. Be specific. Instead of saying…
BlogHow Do You See the World?
By Gail Lynne Goodwin. What if the world showed up for us in exactly the same way as we showed up to the world? In other words, what if we…
BlogHome Alone For The Holidays – Finding Joy
This time of year so often seems to fly by for most of us, but perhaps not so fast for Baby Boomers who are alone. The many office and neighborhood…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Bringing Relief to the Insurmountable
Every day when we turn on the news, we see a world that seems filled with sadness, poverty, loss and grief. We ask ourselves, over and over again, how can…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Taking In Every Moment
Are you trying to take in every moment, however how big or small, every day? Are you finding happiness in those moments? Here are some things you may find joy…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: 7 Keys to Happiness
Here are seven keys to happiness that you can do right now to get yourself on the road to happiness, with some inspirational quotes to help! 1. You make the…
BlogHarvesting Happiness: Small Steps to Happiness Even When You’re Anxious
Here is a truth: you can be happy, even if you feel sadness, anger or suffer from anxiety. Happiness is an inner state of being that does not get lost.…
BlogDo You Doubt Yourself? Life Lessons from Great Authors
I ran across a description of one of my enemies... DOUBT! Author Jacqueline Winspear wrote: "Doubt. Was it an emotion? A sense? Or was it just a short stubby word…
BlogOverpower the past… Empower the Present!
I was the baby in the family, born 11 and 8 years, respectively, after my siblings. Not until just a few years ago did I hear that my mother "farmed out"…
BlogUnder Construction: The Sign I Wear Mentally !
A famous psychologist (his first name is Phil) talks about the fact that we all have pivotal points in our lives; crossroads, if you will, where we can turn down…
BlogRescue Yourself!
Life's a bumpy road; we can all agree on that. You're not going to avoid it. Stuff just happens. The trick is to avoid falling into the ten foot holes.…
BrillianceFinding Meaning In Life
I remember when I was 8 years old, I used to sit on a bus bench or in a park just to watch people behave. This was fascinating to me…
BrillianceDon’t Look For Happiness in the Wrong Places
Happiness is not in your bank account. It's not in your closet, your waist line or your garage. Don't go looking to your list of, or lack of, invites, happiness…
BrillianceLiving True Happiness
Our life is full of many opportunities for us. Coincidentally, it is also full of many perceived barriers that we might allow to prevent us from engaging in these opportunities.…
BrillianceMaking Happiness An Attainable Goal
Whatever the nature of our problems and difficulties, there is hope for us. No matter how much we feel unhappy, discouraged, and hopeless at the present time, happiness is still…
BlogSponsored: Inhabiting Life + Tips for A Transformational Experience
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about this quote from poet Christian Wilman: "Let us remember... that in the end, we go to poetry for one reason, so that we…
BlogSponsored: Love is a Power Tool + Other Fun Tips for Happier Parenting
Love can single-handedly mend a broken day, establish an exciting new relationship, or reinforce a happy, internal bond with ourselves. Love is an omnipotent tool that has the uncanny ability…
BlogTrying Helps, But Doing is What Matters + 5 Tips to “Do” Happiness
We've all heard it a million times: "Actions speak louder than words." Action is dynamic. It moves and morphs with life. And yet at times we fall back onto "trying"…
BlogSponsored: Strategies for the Very Serious Business of Happiness
Often, we think of our professional lives as defining of our success as a human being. This is apparent at any social gathering where what we do as a career…
BlogSponsored: A Passionista’s Approach to Life
We all want to live a life filled with passion, right? What if YOU could live your passion and prosper within it? Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to live?…
BlogConfessions of a Reformed Trophy Wife + 10 Lessons for Moving Forward
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. Once upon a time, in a not so far away land, there lived a wife. A trophy wife to be exact. She was living the "dream,"…
Blog3.74 Degrees of Separation – Social Media and the Algorithm of the Human Heart
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. I'm no Kevin Bacon, but I just found a batch of research that says the degrees of separation between me and the rest of the world…
BlogIn The Underbelly Of Pain, Lick Your Wounds and Thrive
By Lisa Cypers Kamen. I was living the dream. I was floating through my days, moving between the multiple houses and the multiple cars without a care in the world.…
BrillianceThe Fastest Way To Happiness
The fastest way to happiness and peace is the absolute acceptance of WHO YOU ARE right in this moment. The nature of humanness is divinity. This is evident in many…
Brilliance4 Tips To Help You Choose Who You Want to Be
In the midst of everything, happiness is still all around you. The Universe is delighted with you- all of you. Given all that unconditional love supporting you, you can choose…
BrillianceTen Inspirational Lessons For A Beautiful Life!
I have lived a journey of gaining knowledge, understanding, and I have learned a series of lessons. I would like to pass along ten of these lessons: Know Thyself: This…
Brilliance5 Lessons for Happiness
Here are a few of the best lessons I can happily share: 1. Life is tough Agreed, life is filled with trials and tribulations. To say one is happy all…
BrillianceDon’t Get Lost on the Path to Your Dreams
"Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!" As I spoke this sentence to a…
BrillianceRemember to Experience the Magic of Childhood!
In today's busy tech oriented world, I have been fortunate to discover an incredibly simple source of inspiration... children. As a career-oriented woman, I took a pass on having my…
Brilliance7 Paths to the Life of Your Dreams
Be your authentic self. Be true to yourself always. Don't worry what other people will think. March to the beat of your own unique drum and do the things that…
Brilliance3 Lessons for Improving Your Life
A few years ago, I was given a glimpse of what eternity must be like: the intense, pure, twirling, dazzling, pale turquoise light I saw during a spiritual healing, behind…
BrillianceYour Extraordinary Quality of Life
There is a reason why you're reading this today. Today is the day you are moving toward what is intended for you. Are you ready to step into your power…
Brilliance12 Keystones to Reclaiming Your Happiness
As I looked back over my journey from fear to love, I discovered Twelve Keystones that I had to embody, or perhaps I should say master, so that I could…
BlogThe Traveler in Time
There was that search for meaning, that longing, the perpetual longing. How would I make sense to myself? My eventful life never seemed to stop until I just couldn't cope…
Brilliance24 Guidelines for Your Best Life
Each day is a gift so begin and end each day with gratitude. Celebrate the good and more of it will flow to you. Adversity is a part of life.…