http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:55:40 -0700 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:33:14 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Assuming-the-best-is-the-worry-antidote?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Take a look at this amazing video. What would life be like if we just assumed we would be this "lucky"? For most of us, our minds are more often filled with just the opposite:  "Be careful!"  "What if...?"&nbsp... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:33:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Assuming-the-best-is-the-worry-antidote?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Happiness-is-the-most-unselfish-act?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner What's the most unselfish thing you can do? If you work in education or the helping professions, what is the one unselfish act that will have the greatest impact on your clients or students? If you are in business, what is the one thing that will ha... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:58:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Happiness-is-the-most-unselfish-act?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Happiness-depends-on-telling-brain-what-to-consider?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here In our culture, we seem to have created a groupthink that says, "That which is strong will take care of itself; that which is weak requires our attention." However, in his book, Stumbling On Happiness, H... Life Lessons Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:00:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Happiness-depends-on-telling-brain-what-to-consider?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Students-need-teachers-to-tell-it-like-it-is?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner For many of you - teachers, social workers, principals, cafeteria workers - this has been a week of new beginnings. Young people return from summer break, looking for renewal, and waiting to see what you will see in them. Will you see only what they... Life Lessons Inspiration Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:44:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Students-need-teachers-to-tell-it-like-it-is?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Is-reality-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner One of the most annoying truths about "reality" is this: the very things that evoke the strongest feelings in us, and therefore the strongest sense of shared reality - are not shared reality at all! "Sheena" is a 16-year-old who ... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:38:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Is-reality-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m8d15-How-to-live-with-joy-no-matter-what?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner   (AP Photo/Lori Shepler) "Nothing without joy." This is the mantra of "Jeanne," a woman who has transformed her life in the past year and has, in fact, aligned with actions with her words. But what does this mean? Life can't... Life Lessons Inspiration Workplace Issues Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:27:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m8d15-How-to-live-with-joy-no-matter-what?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d29-laughter-in-Monument-Square?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Monument Square, Portland, Maine   Where would you go for a good laugh in Portland, Maine? The Comedy Connection? To a good movie at the Nickelodeon? The humor section at Longfellow Books? How about Monument Square? At high noon on June 15th, ... Life Lessons Right here in Maine Stress Relief Inspiration Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:41:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d29-laughter-in-Monument-Square?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Six-videos-to-make-you-kick-start-your-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner We sure do make happiness complicated! We seem to think we either are happy or are not happy. The truth is, it ebbs and flows. The truth is, lots of things can help, like hearing a good joke, watching people dance, being delighted by nature, being e... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Lists and resources Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:52:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Six-videos-to-make-you-kick-start-your-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Does-focusing-on-strengths-cause-rampant-narcissism?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner In an article titled "Generation Me," Newsweek columnist Raina Kelley recently noted (or rather, mocked) the rampant narcissism of the current generation of young adults. Drawing on Twenge and Campbell's new book, The Narcissism Epidemic, ... Life Lessons Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:02:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Does-focusing-on-strengths-cause-rampant-narcissism?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Selfacceptance-is-the-key-to-happiness-and-growth?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here Admit it. This headline conjures up images of passive, smiling do-nothings, sitting around in self-satisfied bliss, doesn't it? And... Admit it. There nothing that stands more squarely in the way of your happiness... Life Lessons Inspiration Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:12:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Selfacceptance-is-the-key-to-happiness-and-growth?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d13-The-truth-of-affirmations?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Affirmations have become the flavor of the year, the salve for whatever ails you. Just think it and it will come true: "I am a millionaire. I am joyfully sitting on a cruise ship. I am happy and satisfied in my marriage." Problem is, when ... Life Lessons Inspiration Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:57:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d13-The-truth-of-affirmations?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d7-A-litle-direction-for-your-mind-goes-a-long-way?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner   A little direction, please! Everyone seems to be talking about "energy" these days: vibrational energy, transformational energy, spiritual energy, sexual energy. Do you have any energy? Is it the right kind of energy? But if you... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:51:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m7d7-A-litle-direction-for-your-mind-goes-a-long-way?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Does-selfimprovement-mean-changing-who-we-are?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”     - Carl RogersThis quote beautifully sums up both the central journey of our lives and the big paradox that confuses us so. All of... Life Lessons Inspiration Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:56:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Does-selfimprovement-mean-changing-who-we-are?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Is-having-choices-good-news-or-bad-news?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner What do you mean, we create our own reality! I was having enough trouble just dealing with the one I thought was real!Such is the dilemma of our growing understanding of human consciousness.  Remember hearing “You can’t control you... Life Lessons Stress Relief Inspiration Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:35:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Is-having-choices-good-news-or-bad-news?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d1-1st-World-Congress-on-Positive-Psychology-brings-together-top-minds?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Unless you've been living in a cave, it's been hard to miss all the pop culture buzz about happiness and positive thinking. What few know is that these ideas have their foundation in top quality research and academic thought. The result is a new fie... Lists and resources Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:38:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m6d1-1st-World-Congress-on-Positive-Psychology-brings-together-top-minds?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Five-mustread-books-to-for-health-and-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner The definition of overwhelmed? Standing in front of the self-help section at your local big box bookstore. How do you sort through all that clutter to find the best of the best? Here are five recommendations to get you started. From the practical to... Life Lessons Inspiration Lists and resources Mon, 25 May 2009 10:44:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Five-mustread-books-to-for-health-and-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Future-of-South-Portland-Maine--and-many-communities--hinges-on-schools?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner The future can sit in the balance of one decision All over the country, schools and the communities that support them are facing a critical question: When money is tight, what is important? Is it time for citizens to pull in tight and protect their ... Life Lessons Right here in Maine Thu, 21 May 2009 12:03:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Future-of-South-Portland-Maine--and-many-communities--hinges-on-schools?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Lessons-from-the-Swine-Flu-pandemic?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Dr. Thomas Frieden, right. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) We are addicted to big solutions. Nothing crystallizes this truth like the current Swine Flu debate. Did we over-react or respond to slowly? Were the remedies appropriate to the risk or was the cure... Life Lessons Mon, 18 May 2009 11:41:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Lessons-from-the-Swine-Flu-pandemic?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d13-The-real-Law-of-Attraction-is-about-abundant-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner At first glance, the now popular "Law of Attraction" sounds like a parlor trick we can use to get more stuff. That new Farrari? Just keep thinking about it and soon it will appear. A beach house in Malibu and a loft in London? Cut out the ... Life Lessons Inspiration Wed, 13 May 2009 19:33:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d13-The-real-Law-of-Attraction-is-about-abundant-happiness?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d9-Top-5-most-optimistic-celebrities-and-role-models?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner Adam Lambert (AP Photo/FOX, Frank Micelotta) Perhaps this headline should be "The top 5 celebrities that make us feel optimistic," but it’s hard to believe they can inspire such optimism without living it themselv... Life Lessons Inspiration Sat, 09 May 2009 06:50:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6006-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner~y2009m5d9-Top-5-most-optimistic-celebrities-and-role-models?cid=exrss-Portland-Health-and-Happiness-Examiner