I believe how you start your day sets the tone for how you feel at the end of the day. If you ever want to know one of the most perfect ways to start a day, try this. Start with a one mile hike in one of the most beautiful places in America (http://www.redmountainspa.com/), pause...Read More
Watch the Show » It has been a very wonderful week. Started with a great show on AM Arizona on Tuesday reviewing a year of positive advise. Wednesday the Happier You segment aired on the Rachael Ray Show. I had put a viral request out to everyone I am connected to on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter,...Read More
Read all about the Happier You segment which aired January 6, 2010. Hints and links provided! http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show/segments/view/2010-guide-happier-you/Read More
I enjoy the last week of each year. I enjoy seeing all the year in review articles and shows on TV. Granted, not all of the review is good stuff, yet seeing it all together allows me to appreciate why I might be feeling a bit like my get-up-and-go has gotten-up-and-went. As I reflect on...Read More
At the June conference of the International Positive Psychology Association (http://www.ippa.org/), I came across a website resource that I endorsed wholeheartedly.Six months later I support them more than ever. http://www.happier.com/ is one of those daily things you can do that reinforces and supports your desire to happier, no matter what is going on in your...Read More
Newsflash: Sex is not love. Sexual acts are physiological functions. Feeling the positive emotion of love may be desired, but not required, to engage in a sexual act. The day you stop confusing sex for love you may have enough energy left to develop the well being and happiness you desire. With that sense of...Read More
Dr. Success Challenge: Pick one positive habit you would like to develop and set a plan to develop it. Easy for me to type, difficult for us all to do. So here is the real challenge. Invest some time thinking back on occasions when you developed a new positive habit in your life. Think about...Read More
Dr. Success Thanksgiving Challenge: During the week surrounding Thanksgiving, reach out and touch as many of the people in your life as you possibly can. I am not suggesting you email, text, or send some cyber hug or Facebook farm animal. What I am imploring you to do is physically reach out and touch as...Read More
I have been intrigued with the concept of connectedness for most of 2009.I have always used models of development that have 1-2-3 steps, processes that appear to have a beginning and a logical end. I suggest books that offer such models all the time. I do believe these models are useful to help organize the...Read More
Each month I feature a different book on a segment of the morning television show, AM Arizona. I post a blog about the book I am featuring. I choose books that align with the themes of positive psychology and human development. Almost exclusively I choose books that require the reader to take some action to...Read More
