Recipe for Enchantment #24 ————————————————– Take the advice of an 83 year old lady and follow it: Read more and dust less. Sit in the yard, admire the view. Weed less. Don’t ‘save’. Use your good China and crystal for every event–even getting your sink unstopped. Wear your good perfume for clerks in the hardware […]
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Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, Positive Psychologist Talks About What Makes a Happy Woman
A happy women is content in her life. She feels much peace of mind and also a healthy level of enthusiasm as she goes through her day. Of course, she can become upset or angry, just like anyone else. But her happy nature works to her benefit and soon enough she will find a way […]
The Pleasures of Making Grandma’s Memories My Own
Each season requires special behaviors and activities on our part to optimize for ourselves living a purposeful and happy life. We actually have to practice our positive emotions, just as the champion tennis player practices her swing. We have to try to use our mental capacities as fully as possible, our cognitive capacities for thought, […]
I’m Ready to Be a Hip Hop Grannie!
The Olympics are over but my mind is still full of the excitement and thrill of watching the games in China. I’m also still thinking about the Hip Hop Grannies that I saw in one of the portraits of everyday life in China. These gals get together every morning and do everything from oriental forms […]