Posts Tagged ‘fear’

Why Don’t We Do What We Know Will Make Us Happier?

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
doing the little things to be healthier

About a month ago, my friend Lisa and I were riding home from the gym with her husband JB, discussing how great we felt after working out. The conversation quickly turned to all of the benefits of losing weight and being healthier, how it was obviously worth giving up crappy food and time in front [...]

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How To Be Fearless

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
how to be brave

I crossed and re-crossed my legs under the bar, wondering if the fishnet tights would be enough to glam up the cotton black dress I’d paired with black boots for the evening out. I knew my outfit was mild by Vegas standards, but living in an RV didn’t afford me many opportunities for wearing anything [...]

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Better Safe than Loved?

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
-Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

I was doing research for an article about helping children feel secure amidst constant change and came across Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen the pyramid that illustrates how we prioritize getting needs met, but it was the first time I noticed that a sense of security ranks higher than [...]

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Happiness Means Having a Dream. Always.

Friday, November 18th, 2011

I purchased Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog program yesterday. The Day 1 activity nearly convinced me to quit blogging. By the end of the night, it would be Twitter and not the ProBlogger that saved this blog and helped me identify why I’ve felt so adrift lately, and what I needed to [...]

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Use Knowledge to Overcome Fear

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

This post was inspired, in part, by my partnership with our book sponsor. I have written a lot about being afraid. I don’t know if that’s because I have an inordinate amount of fears, or if overcoming fears is simply an essential part of pursuing happiness and so a blog about happiness has to get [...]

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