My mother, Bernice Becker, www.storiestofeelgood.com once wrote a story entitled, I Did-and You Can Too. She talks about how "In truth I was somewhat like the heroine of a soap opera." She shares how to went from being a bored housewife to getting a master’s degree in education. It all started by taking one art […]
THE TRUTH, My Secret Diary, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything, Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
My publisher for my new book, THE TRUTH, My Secret Diary, I’m Ten, I’m Smart and I Know Everything, just told me to look for the proofs. The book was not in the mail today. But I’m getting very excited. That means that within 4 to 6 weeks I’ll be able to share my book […]
Recipe for Enchantment
“Also notice what perks your magic up and relieves apathy or fatigue. When you hit upon it, you’ll experience a more-alive feeling, an excitement, or simply a gentle interest: these are signs of life force in your work. Spend more time in these areas. Document them in your journal.” — © Positive Energy […]
Recipe for Happiness from Benjamin Franklin
Gretchen Rubin has a great blog called The Happiness Project. http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2007/03/a_quotation_fro_2.html#comment-64317180 She quoted Benjamin Frankin today, saying: A quotation from Benjamin Franklin. [Of his plan for achieving virtue, which I used as a model for my happiness project] "On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, […]
Positive Memories Encourage Happiness
Tonight I was talking to a dear friend of the family. She was remembering memories of both my mother and my father and sharing them with me. Betty and my mother were best friends since girlhood. In fact, in my mother, Bernice Becker’s book, FEEL GOOD STORIES, there are eight illustrations. These were all done […]
Unhappy Children Can Walk Back To Happinss
Walking back to happiness How can young people’s low spirits be improved? The children’s commissioner has a few good ideas. Anna Bawden reports Tuesday March 20, 2007The Guardian The children’s commissioner for England, Al Aynsley-Green. Photograph: David Levene Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green likes teachers. A lot. The children’s commissioner for England, always an outspoken defender […]
Recipe for Happiness in China
Marriage Affects Women’s Happiness Most Marriage affects Chinese women’s happiness most, and women in their first marriage feel the happiest, according to the recently published 2006 Chinese Women’s Life Survey. The survey points out that 45.6 percent of respondents think their marriage is happy; about 20 percent show mutual respect with their husbands in […]
Recipe for The Embroidery of Our Lives
Today I was going through some old papers I have collected around THE ENCHANTED SELF which is now about 14 years old. My intitial positive memory work and the resultant shift for the treatment room actually happened perhaps 15 or 16 years ago. Time flies! In fact, I wrote the rought draft of THE ENCHANTED […]