Cultivating Higher Qualities of Happiness

...by way of self-control and learned skills

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” - Charles Spurgeon

One Guarantee in Relationships: You Will Get Hurt

We need to learn the skills which can help us through the hurt so we can recognize when a relationship fracture happens, repair the fracture and train the other person in the relationship how to treat you differently and by doing so it is possible to reduce the amount of hurt that occurs.

Emotional Awareness through the Ages

Attitudes about emotions have changed dramatically in the course of human history. To this day, many cultures differ in how they view the appropriateness of emotions and the ways in which people express them.

Emotions and Health (Part 2)

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Noting that the word “emotion” stems from the Latin verb for “move,” author Daniel Gole­man pointed out in Emotional Intelligence, “All emotions are, in essence, impulses to act, the instant plans for handling life that evolution has instilled in us.” Gripped by terror, the woman plunges into action as soon as she realizes her son has not returned home, despite having woken from a deep sleep only minute earlier.

Emotions and Health (Part 1)

A groggy woman turns in her bed and catches a glimpse of the time on her bedside clock. It is 4:30 a.m. Her teenaged son, who went out last night with friends, should have been home hours ago. Bolting out of bed, she checks her answering machine to see if he may have left any messages. There are none.