by Merci Gracia | Aug 31, 2019 | Happiness
You deserve to live as joyfully as you possibly can. There’s no need to deprive yourself of the experience of life you want. Your desires arise as indicators, giving you information on what to pursue. Making yourself happy puts you on the plus side of the...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 23, 2019 | Happiness
Conventional medicine now acknowledges the intimate relationship between mind and body. Though science has largely accepted the massive impact our psychological and emotional states have on our physiological well-being, most of us still act as if there’s little...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 28, 2019 | Happiness
Looking for happiness in all the wrong places, just won’t bring it. Trying to fill ourselves up with food, sex, more stuff, or obsessive work may bring a temporary high but, like a drug that only treats the symptoms, the problem inevitably returns. The truth is,...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 26, 2019 | Happiness
Popular notions about what’s good for us aren’t always based on sound research. The touted benefits of eating or abstaining from certain foods, medicines, supplements, types of shoes, etc. all change like the seasons. The main and unchanging factor for our...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 13, 2018 | Happiness
Every lifetime is comprised of days, hours, minutes, seconds and even smaller segments of time. It’s only in these minuscule increments that we can truly appreciate and enjoy life. A satisfying life is nothing more than a series of satisfying moments strung...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 12, 2018 | Happiness
Looking for satisfaction outside ourselves keeps us perpetually chasing one potential source of happiness after another. Whether material, relational or experiential, we eventually discover that external sources of satisfaction are undependable. The conditions for...