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Live Happier.

Live Happier.

http://nancyjanesmith.blogspot.com/

I admit I struggle with the term happiness--it seems so cliche. But in truth that is what we are all trying to do--just live happier. This blog explores my personal tips for living happier, stories about living happier and the struggles with doing so. Living Happier is a life long quest--but hopefully this blog will inspire you live with less angst and more freedom. Live Happier.

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  • Live Happier Tip: Listen with Gusto

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 11:06

    In my opinion, the world would be a happier place if we would all just listen to each other.  Many times rather than listening ‘holding the space’ and really being there we go in to  ‘pseudo listening”  or listening lite. ...

  • The Danger of Relationship Messages

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 10:09 in relationships

    I admit this weekend I watched a few too many Lifetime Christmas movies, which has me thinking about the messages women receive around relationships. These Christmas movies usually have some forlorn single woman who is once again alone for the h...

  • What Makes Us Happy? Interview with Dr. George Valliant

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 07:56 in happiness, live happier

    Today I am trying something new--in lieu of my usual Live Happier ramblings--I am posting a video.  This video is an interview with a researcher Dr. George Valliant, who followed 268 men for 72 years, from the time they entered Harvard in the la...

  • Missing the Boat.

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 09:15 in awareness, live happier

    As I have said in the past,  I am a big fan of stories. Here is one of my favorites:There was a man who lived by the river in a small town, he had heard a warning on the radio that the town was going to flood and everyone needed to evacuate. &nb...

  • Live Happier Tip: Celebrate You

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 09:11 in awareness, live happier, self care.

    One of my favorite blogs is called the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.  She spent a year working improving her Happiness and then wrote a book about it, which is coming out next week.Her first tip, for her Happiness  Project is 'Be Gre...

  • Not all Running is Good for You.

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 08:19 in awareness, expressing emotions, live happier

    So in the spirit of confessing:  I admit over the past few days I have been in a bit of a mood.  I have been overly anxious and a bit grouchy, many of my 'go to' things weren't working. The activities that normally 'fill up my bucket' weren...

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