Learning how to be happy by yourself means learning how to be happy with the person you are. Being happy on your own is not about never feeling lonely. It is about learning how to be connected to yourself and love yourself, even when lonely moments come.… Read more
Happiness Articles
How to Deal with a Narcissistic Husband
I was married to a narcissist at one time and quickly learned that a relationship with a narcissist, or a husband with narcissistic personality disorder, is the worst sort of caged hell a woman could ever endure. Frankly, my marriage quickly turned into the worst nightmare I had never imagined I would face.… Read more
How to Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness
There are many things that we should watch out for when it comes to personal habits and behaviors that may be sabotaging our happiness. We may be unknowingly holding ourselves back from being successful or enjoying life as much as possible.… Read more
How to Change Perfectionist Thinking and Be Happier
Perfectionism is an impossible standard to achieve. Being a perfectionist creates constant self-doubt and worry along with a persistent need for things to be just right. The perfectionist lives in a persistent state of self-criticism and fear of doing something wrong.… Read more
5 Reasons Why You’re Making Bad Relationship Choices
Making bad relationship choices happens all too often and for many of us. But why? I have been helping people on a mental health forum for the last several years, and I see a reoccurring pattern: people consistently making very poor choices in partners.… Read more
Leaving a Toxic Relationship – When Enough is Enough
At what point in an unhealthy relationship do you say, “enough is enough”? Leaving a toxic relationship is no easy task sometimes. A toxic person often will try to hold onto you, despite you trying to leave. There may be guilt involved in leaving if the person is unstable and mentally/emotionally unwell.… Read more
Staying in the Wrong Relationship
People get into a relationship for many different reasons. Far too often, it’s because of loneliness or because we falsely believe a relationship will solve our overall dissatisfaction in life. Staying in the wrong relationship happens all too often. Why do we do this?… Read more
Take Life as it Comes
To take 'life as it comes' means to go with the natural flow of life, rather than resisting and fighting against life's natural flow. An analogy is swimming downstream with the flow of the water, rather than upstream and against the water's natural flow.… Read more
Always Look for the Silver Lining
To piggyback off my article, How to be More Positive, I want to talk about looking for silver linings in every seemingly negative situation. One guaranteed way to more positive thinking is to look for silver linings. “Every cloud has a silver lining”, after all.… Read more
Never Give Up
Life is hard – let’s face it. Life is full of unexpected curve balls, setbacks, tragedies and challenges. For many, life can seem like a never ending and constant uphill battle. I can relate to this sentiment because my own life has never been easy.… Read more