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Reality Check: Random Acts at Home
Random acts of kindness for strangers have been popular for years now. When we do something kind, the likely result is that we feel good and satisfied. We get to perceive ourselves as being a kind and caring person, and … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Does the News Hurt Your Relationships?
There’s almost always an election in season somewhere. A survey asked whether an election has negatively affected a personal relationship with a friend or family member. It wasn’t about a Canadian election. No matter; it’s still an interesting question that … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, conflict, examining wants, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Out of the Ashes
When good things happen, when our needs and expectations are being met, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to feel satisfied and happy. However, when bad things happen, we’re given the delightful and very useful gift of an opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, improving relationships, learning, perception
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Reality Check:The Happiness of Turning Toward
Have I told you lately that I love you? In any series of articles that’s looking to help increase our happiness, you knew that sooner or later, love would have to show up! It’s well-established that an important factor in … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: To Rely and to Be Reliable
There’s a particular satisfaction for me when someone I know has made progress in their life. It’s especially gratifying if I can perceive that I had contributed to that progress, even in a tiny way. Often, the achievements are relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Proactive Happiness
In this series of columns on happiness, my goal is to help answer the question, “What can we do to be happier?” One excellent resource is “Mastering Happiness,” where Dr. Joel Wade discusses ten specific practices. If you adopt them, … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: The Fear of Being Hurtful
Conflict is a human reality. Whenever two or more people need to interact, there’s an opportunity for conflict. Actually, I’ll take that back. Conflict doesn’t always require two people; there are times when I don’t even agree with myself! So … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, conflict, improving relationships, offering information
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Reality Check: The Time Trap
There exists a near-universal excuse to get out of most any activity. It goes like this: “Oh, I’m sorry. I don’t have enough time to do that.” Have you ever used this excuse? I have. So many people feel time-stressed … Continue reading
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Tagged examining wants, guilt, improving relationships, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Demonstrations of Love
Dr. Wm. Glasser says that all humans need love and belonging. Some people need a lot; others not so much, but everybody has this genetic need. We have other genetic needs too, but for now, we’ll just look at love. … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, improving relationships
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