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How to Find Happiness the Easy Way
Between Us Girls | July 23rd 2008 by Lori Jewett
Finding happiness is all the rage these days, but why does it have to be so darn difficult? Are we that out of touch with what makes us happy or have our expectations just become too high? Those of you who have ready my prior post on the Power of P read more
How to Stop Procrastinating and Start Doing
Between Us Girls | July 18th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? Well, because it's easier, you have more interesting things to do and, perhaps, you never really wanted to do those things in the first place. Procrastinating isn't just about waiting until the last read more
How to Keep Your Cool When the Heat is On
Between Us Girls | July 11th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Whether you're a chronic worrier or steady as a rock, chances are that you have experienced anxiety at one time or another. I'm not talking about panic attacks or anxiety disorders, just the run-of-the-mill anxiety we experience when we are about to read more
7 Tips for Keeping Things in Perspective
Between Us Girls | July 9th 2008 by Lori Jewett
We are all too familiar with stress and what it can do to our health and well-being. Each and every day new problems crop up that create the opportunity for worry and anxiety to stop us in our tracks. But every problem that we encounter doesn't carry read more
Therapy, Therapists and Techniques: How to Find What Works for Y…
Between Us Girls | July 3rd 2008 by Lori Jewett
The world of psychotherapy is a very broad and varied one. There is a dizzying array of theories, techniques and approaches to therapy from which to choose and weeding through them to find the therapy style that is right for you can be almost as stre read more
Finding the Meaning of Life
Between Us Girls | June 27th 2008 by Lori Jewett
We all have our moments...times when we just don't like the way life is going, when we feel that nothing is working, when everything seems so overwhelming. We feel like we're swimming upstream and we wonder why we are even bothering. What's the use? read more
How You Can Fight Materialism and Win
Between Us Girls | June 23rd 2008 by Lori Jewett
This post is the third in a series on the dangers of materialism. An unchecked focus on materialistic values can cause so much harm to us personally, to our relationships with others and to the ecosphere as a whole. In“The Scourge of Materialism†read more
The Cost of Materialism
Between Us Girls | June 19th 2008 by Lori Jewett
This is the second post in a three part series on the dangers of materialism. For an introduction to the subject, please read “The Scourge of Materialism.” Our society has centered itself around materialistic pursuits. We place a high value o read more
The Scourge of Materialism
Between Us Girls | June 17th 2008 by Lori Jewett
It seems that there is a plague in our midst. It threatens to steal away our health, our happiness and perhaps our future. Celebrity carriers like Paris Hilton and Donald Trump may be it's poster-children but they have a lot of not-so-famous company. read more
How Spirituality Can Help You Reach Your Goals
Between Us Girls | June 13th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Some of us are naturally spiritual people and some are not. Some of us equate spirituality with religion and some do not. Whether we attend church, chant and meditate, participate in drum circles or eschew all things spiritual or religious in natur read more
The Strength to be Yourself
Between Us Girls | June 12th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Once in a while I get in a funk...don't we all? I fall into the trap of comparing myself with others, regretting past mistakes, wishing I had done things differently or that I was more like someone else I imagine to be far better off. For a day or tw read more
Mindfulness Meditation and Stress Reduction
Between Us Girls | June 9th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Stress is a given in our lives. Difficult people, time pressures, repetitive and routine tasks, financial concerns, and a lack of self-confidence are some of the most common stressors we face. But it is not the stressors themselves that cause the pro read more
The Power of Positive Emotions
Between Us Girls | June 4th 2008 by Lori Jewett
We all know that positive emotions are desirable. Who wouldn't rather feel loving than hateful, joyful than fearful, or happy than disappointed? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to tell you that positive emotions make each moment that we are experie read more
Doing Less and Getting More Done - Taoist Secrets
Between Us Girls | May 27th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I like to read and that my reading tends to lean toward the psychological, ecological and the spiritual. When I find reading materials that address all three, I'm truly happy. Fo read more
Focus and Life Goals
Between Us Girls | May 23rd 2008 by Lori Jewett
Like my middle-aged vision, I find that my life lacks focus. It's nothing new. I've been this way my whole life. I flit from idea to idea, from project to project, from career to career in much the same way I once went from boyfriend to boyfriend. read more
Death and Ritual
Between Us Girls | May 21st 2008 by Lori Jewett
I have never liked the rituals that accompany death...the "viewings" especially. They always struck me as creepy and morbid. The deceased never looked quite like themselves and I couldn't imagine why people would want to remember their loved ones tha read more
Lowered Expectations - The Key to Happiness?
Between Us Girls | May 15th 2008 by Lori Jewett
I admit it...I'm a naturally pessimistic person. I work hard every day trying to develop and maintain a more optimistic outlook and to focus on what is right and good with my life instead of what's wrong with it, but,... read more
Softball Lessons
Between Us Girls | May 2nd 2008 by Lori Jewett
My daughter started softball this spring. She's seven, totally inexperienced and very excited. I'm hoping that she'll learn all of the important stuff that she needs to become a good ball player, but I'm hoping she'll learn some important life... read more
Navigating Your Mid-Life Crisis
Between Us Girls | April 18th 2008 by Lori Jewett
To many of us mid-life sounds like a dirty word - well, a dirty hyphenated word to be accurate. You can't even think "mid-life" without the word crisis following it, can you? It's kind of automatic that these words flow... read more
Racing Towards Midlife - Dangerous Curves Ahead
Between Us Girls | April 15th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Mid-life comes with it's challenges. Standing face-to-face with our own mortality leads some of us to panic. You know, the kind of panic that puts men in red convertibles, racing down the highways, comb-overs flapping in the breeze? Sorry for... read more
Come On Get Happy - The Taoist Approach to Life
Between Us Girls | April 8th 2008 by Lori Jewett
It's no strange coincidence that so many of us are looking for happiness. The more we have separated ourselves from nature and from each other, the more miserable we have become. We are struggling to find happiness, as if it... read more
Why Getting Back to Nature May Prove to be the Best Therapy
Between Us Girls | April 2nd 2008 by Lori Jewett
Despite the technological and medical advancements of recent history, modern life is fraught with difficulties. It seems that the more we attempt to simplify life, the more complicated it becomes. Our preoccupation with more, bigger, and faster is ta read more
Journey into the Brain - A New Take on Nirvana?
Between Us Girls | March 26th 2008 by Lori Jewett
Eastern spirituality seems to be the West's largest and perhaps most important import these days. It seems that our hard-driven, overly-ambitious ways have caught up with us and we suspect there must be a better way. We have turned, in... read more
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