by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 18, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace
Would you like to be happier, less stressed, more creative, and more motivated? Me, too! Apparently, there is a mathematical formula for us to follow. Researcher Barbara Fredrickson has studied the general effects of positivity and found that there is a tipping point...
by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 14, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Integrity
The college admissions scandal has me talking to myself. As I read more and more of the details, I find myself saying, “Was it really worth it?” Was your child going to Yale, Georgetown, or USC worth going to jail? Surely most of us will say...
by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 13, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Stress, Uncategorized
Have you ever heard of the Danish word hygge? It is a Danish word that defies literal translation but keeps popping up in my life from meditation to candles so I thought I would share. By the way, it is pronounced “hue-gah”. Hygge is more often than not...
by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 8, 2019 | Friday Quote, Happiness, Uncategorized
“Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” Rumi. How would your life change if you believed this quote? What if life was completely rigged in your favor? What if you already had the winning hand? The deck was stacked in your favor and the dealer...
by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 4, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Motivational Monday
Did you know greed is much more developed in human beings than in any other animal because we have the unique capacity to project ourselves into the future? We continuously ask “will there be enough?” And, with our cultural bias toward materialism, we have...
by Beth FItzgerald | Feb 28, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Stress
Have you ever been driving in your car and suddenly realize you’re low on gas? The light may not have come on yet to officially warn you of the situation, but you’re nonetheless shocked. You truly thought you had a lot more gas. You may have even wondered...