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Little Things (Piccole Cose)
Life can go crazy sometimes. Did you ever have a day that overwhelms you? Task upon task, things that go wrong, getting onto a highway on your way to a meeting only to have someone cut ahead of you...
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Lady or Volcano? How to Change Your Perspective for a Better Life
Stromboli When foreigners look at the Aeolian islandof Stromboli, they see a threatening active volcano. Italians who live nearby, though, look beyond the island’s volcano to find the isola dei...
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Finding Treasure in Nespole Pits
In my sunroom are two trays of soil, beneath which are planted twenty nespole pits which I check every day with joyous anticipation, waiting for the first green shoots to sprout through. I lovingly...
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Tip 1 of 5 Happiness Tips: (you voted, I listened!)
Tip # 1: Treat Your Self Right No matter what theory of psychology you might read about, a healthy “self” is always mentioned as the most important element for happiness and well-being. The self is...
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Happiness Tip # 2–Train your Emotions for Positivity!
My little Ms.B., just being happy Evolutionary psychologists claim that humans need positive emotions because they help us adapt to our environment—and survival is the name of the game. Having a...
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Happiness Tip # 5: Practice the Art and Science of Happiness!
Believe it or not, psychologists have discovered that you can train yourself to be happy! Happiness of course, promotes the perception of well-being and brings with it the good feelings of joy,...
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“Tola su Dolsa” (Take the Sweetness of Life)
Once, on the train from Naples to Rome, I was flipping through La Repubblica, and noticed a review for a self-help book on happiness by Italian psychologist Giulio Cesare Giacobbe, of Genoa. I couldn’t...
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The Way You Look Tonight (especially when you’re dancing!)
After a major loss in my life, one of my first entries back into the world when most of the grief had lifted was to sign up for a ballroom dance class. No, I had no visions of being invited on to...
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How a Piano Changed My Day
Last week, I had just finished a meeting and was on the way back to another building, where my office is. Admittedly, I got bored with going the same old way, and decided to...
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