There is a lot of research in psychology on substituting emotions—replacing anger with empathy or stress with excitement. For example, psychologist Joe Tomaka helped students with documented test anxiety to see an exam as challenging—rather than threatening—and as a result they became calmer, more creative, and performed better. Substituting a word

When we lose our mind—our thinking brain—even temporarily, we make space for our soul, our emotions, to flourish. We experience the world directly, without interrupting thoughts.

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

“But you know,” he added, “even if the product takes off, I’m not leaving my salon. This is my lighthouse.” “Your lighthouse?” I asked. “Yes, like for ships. No matter how chaotic or wild things get, this place is always there, lighting the way back to stable shore. We all need a lighthouse in our life.”

Believing that you’re lucky is likely to make you so; expectations become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

he always focused on their effort and hard work rather than on how talented or successful they were:

I thought about research by University of Miami professor Tiffany Field on the physical and psychological benefits of touch, whether in the form of a massage, a hug, or a gentle caress. Touch releases chemicals that reduce pain and induce calm. Oxytocin, the love hormone that makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside, is produced when we touch and are

Life changes, and when life changes the rules change, and when the rules change we need to write a new rule book. Today, be mindful: Maybe your life has changed, and only you haven’t?

This circle of creativity of sorts is a space in which children can take risks and try things out, fall down and stand up again, fail and succeed—because they feel secure and safe in the proximity of a person who loves them unconditionally.