As winter descends we begin to feel the chill of shorter days and less sunlight. For many of us, less hours of light combined with colder temperatures results in us feel less light emotionally. For some of us, who actually have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) gloom really sets in. This gloom often has to be […]
Tag Archives: Positive emotions
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, […]
Fantasy Vacations – Our Need for Replenishment
Recently, in a women’s therapy group that I run, the desire for fun and a change of pace over took me. I suggested that we deviate from some of our typical work and instead go around the room imagining a vacation treat designed to suit each woman’s desires. It was fascinating to see how many […]
Was She an Angel?
Welcome to a world where happiness is a possible mental and emotional state at least a good part of the time. Welcome to the Enchanted Self Positive Psychology Concepts where I teach you how to generate a life worth living that has meaning, value and integrity for you. Unique to your mental wellness needs which […]
Becoming an Enchanted Self
How do we obtain a life worth living? How do we overcome adversity? How can we experience positive emotions? How do we stay in good mental health? These are serious questions and to briefly answer them would be unfair to the reader. But I can say as a positive psychologist, working in the treatment room […]
A Whiff From A Refrigerator Sent Me Back to a Delicious Part of Childhood
Here is an intersting experience I had. I was in the local health food store and opened a refrigerator door to get some cheese. All of a sudden I was aware of the most wonderful whiff of an odor-it seemed almost magical. It was out of the blue, creating a universe of feeling for me […]
An Enchanter: The Gabbie Cabbie
Finding out how to live a life worth living and being able to overcome the adversities that befall all of us in a normal lifetime, while also experiencing enough positive emotions to feel happy much of the time, may sound like a tough assignment. But if you can just be true to yourself and learn […]