This is an especially good reminder for those of us dealing with moving angst, as we currently are. Happiness is a skill that we need to work on regularly. I REALLY needed this reminder this week. We can’t all walk around with smiles on our faces, sure, but can we truly BE happy? (I should add, my youngest does walk around with a smile on his face all the time, and it really is quite charming. But perhaps it might not work for all of us). Being happy – being in a place

Did you know: the holiday season is one of the periods during a calendar year when those who are experiencing feelings of depression and angst actually feel the worst? Watching others bask in the love and attention of family can amplify the feelings of loneliness or unhappiness of those without. Beyond that, the holiday season can be extremely stressful and emotionally draining. It doesn’t have to be; let’s make a deliberate attempt to maintain our peace of mind and genera

Smile. Be happy. Find your joy. Be at peace. Think of your cup as being half full. I know you’ve heard the bajillion pieces of advice about finding ‘inner joy’ and all that. Blah blah blah. There she goes, blabbering on like all of the other advice-giving blogs, joy shoy. Except this is different. I am not talking about joy, or happiness. Those are both nondescript, hard to classify words that can be pretty darn wishy washy, if you ask me. Happiness? Sure, I love a

I try not to dwell on regret. I try really hard not to think about ‘coulda’ and ‘shoulda’ because really, it’s not going to help what really IS, right? Because you didn’t. So get over it. This isn’t about regret, though. We talked about that last week; this week? Let’s talk about the gift of happiness. Most don’t know that had a second sister, a twin. Very few know that my sister died in a vehicle accident with a BAC of .0459. So literally, almost half of her blood w

Dyspeptic. Crotchety. Cantankerous. Sulky. Bad-tempered. All so much more descriptive than just ‘grumpy’, right? Grumpy is so vanilla and boring. Want to know what my favorite tool is on the computer? The dictionary tool. I really love a good synonym. Not that long ago, my eldest asked me for a book of all of the languages in the world. Well, first he wanted to take Chinese language classes (after a day spent immersed in French at his sports camp), and then he asked