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12 Gifts of Christmas
The following ideas (with some of my favorites) to celebrate the 12 gifts of Christmas can make the holiday meaningful: 1. family – share the holiday with laughter and games, watch “Little Women” or “The Family Stone”2. friends – send…
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BAH – Barely Able to Handle the Holidays
BAH – Are you Barely Able to Handle the Holidays? Perhaps your family has made a choice to limit gift-giving and focus more on the true meaning of Christmas, or maybe you have experienced a loss. If so, a new approach…
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Grief Forward
A year ago, I was a happy person. I had a wonderful life, and was putting the final touches on a book about practices that contribute to happiness. But then in January of 2022, my world collapsed around me. The…
2022 Calendar to Make Positive Shift Happen
Get ready to make positive shift happen in 2022! View the flipping pdf online, or a 2022 CD Calendar pdf version to download and print for information and inspiration on 12 index size cards that can be displayed in a…
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Positive Shift Happens: the excerpt
Many of the practices shown by research to increase happiness are simple, and most of them are not hard to do. But life is so busy and full of distractions that we often fail to fit the building blocks into…
The Power of a Pause for Positive Shift
Positive shift happens when we practice the building blocks of positive psychology. The first letters of the practices that have been shown by research to increase happiness and well-being, happen to spell BE MEASURING. (although it is not usually important…
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Sharing is Caring
Sharing is one of the building blocks of positive shift that happen to spell BE MEASURING. The following ideas for simple, inexpensive gifts are easy to share. Simple gifts to relate with and uplift others. Affirmation Notes – Fav from…
Don’t Wait – Relate
Have you heard of the TED talk about What Makes a Good Life? by Robert Waldinger? Studies show that relationships are an important part of our happiness. To cultivate relationships, combine sharing with emotional intelligence, and add excellent communication skills,…
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The Four Ps of Positive Psychology Practices
Positive shift happens when we practice the building blocks of positive psychology. The first letters of the practices that have been shown by research to increase happiness and well-being, happen to spell BE MEASURING. (although it is not usually important…
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