5 Scientific Ways to Get Happier Now
As anyone who’s ever read a self help book (or this blog!) knows, there are many paths to personal happiness. But how do we know what really works? It turns out, many social scientists and psychologists are pondering that same question. And I’ve dug out some answers,...
Want Some Enlightenment Today?
The Buddhists would tell you that one of the many elements on the eight-fold path or wheel of enlightenment is right intention, also translated as the exertion of our own will to change. But when we look at our lives, most of us are probably thinking, “Erin,...
Feeling Over-extended?
What’s on your plate? I’ve been thinking lately about my list of obligations. Yesterday was a particularly trying day for me. It went something like this: 6:00 am meditate 6:30 work out while hubby packs lunches 7:30 take oldest to school (obligation) 8:30 take...
Are you Aiming for Mediocrity?
Remember that whole “10,000 hours” thing from Malcolm Gladwell’s book, the Tipping Point? The gist of the concept was that it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to master something. Want to be a world class athlete? 10,000 hours. Chess grand master? Practice for...
