Psychology
The other meaning of happiness is ‘a rich, full and meaningful life’. When we take action on the things that truly matter deep in our hearts, when we move in directions that we consider valuable and worthy, when we clarify what we stand for in life and act accordingly, then our lives become rich and full and meaningful, and we experience a powerful
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thoughts that criticise you, insult you, judge you, put you down or blame you are likely to lower your motivation rather than increase it.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Anxiety typically involves worries about what might happen , such as fretting over how you will be perceived at a social event or what might or might not occur there. In contrast, dread is about the certainty of discomfort
Anxiety vs. Dread & This Week's Roundup
The values-focused life will always be more fulfilling than the goal-focused life because you get to appreciate the journey even as you’re working towards your goals.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Notice that you haven’t challenged the thought at all. You haven’t tried to get rid of it, debated whether it’s true or false, or tried to replace it with a positive thought.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
The three basic steps of expansion are: observe your feelings, breathe into them, and allow them to come and go.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
It’s not that Irish people have more historical trauma to mine, she said, or that Americans love Irish shit. It’s that her civilization believes art matters — and funds it accordingly, as part of public infrastructure. They believe art makes life navigable. Its actual value is beyond measure, and like a lot of invaluable things, its survival hinges... See more
This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World
Our struggle switch is like an emotional amplifier—switch it ON and we can have anger about our anxiety, anxiety about our anger, depression about our depression, or guilt about our guilt.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Frankl states that life involves three inevitable kinds of tragedy, the ‘tragic triad’:
He says that it is hard to find meaning in the face of such tragedy, but that if we... See more
- Pain and suffering,
- Guilt, because we are free to make choices in our lives, and are responsible for the impact of those choices, and
- Death, and knowing that our life is transient.
He says that it is hard to find meaning in the face of such tragedy, but that if we... See more
Tragic Optimism - Rewriting The Rules
Tragic optimism