MsBHappy | Practice Happy

Happiness Loves Company Too! Former borderline "miserable personality", current happiness-practitioner, future happiness guru. My Happiness Journey thus far: 1) Got fed up with being miserable 2) Found a good therapist* 3) Learned to let shit go 4) Focused on loving ME first 5) Embraced my own humanity 6) Accepted happiness as possible 7) Lived "Regretlessly" 8) Practiced Happy until permanent Happiness is now my passion. This is my Passion Project. Let's practice happy together.

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The Food That Helps Battle Depression

The right kind of diet may give the brain more of what it needs to avoid depression, or even to treat it once it’s begun.

Foods that help you feel better.

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Happiness Doesn’t Make You Ignore Social Problems

A new study suggests that happy people—far from being self-centered or disengaged—are more willing to tackle social problems.

A new study suggests that happier people are more motivated to act when it comes to social problems. Community organizers and social justice advocates should keep this in mind when developing engagement strategies. To get the most out of our engagement efforts, we need to minimize cynicism and hopelessness in our language and actions. Instead, at every opportunity, we must inspire, enable, and reinforce a sense of happiness and hopefulness to keep people engaged and maximize their potential as community partners. Our role as visionaries is to see the brightest future possible and help others see it too.

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Happiness Doesn’t Make You Ignore Social Problems

A new study suggests that happy people—far from being self-centered or disengaged—are more willing to tackle social problems.

A new study suggests that happier people are more motivated to act when it comes to social problems. Community organizers and social justice advocates should keep this in mind when developing engagement strategies. To get the most out of our engagement efforts, we need to minimize cynicism and hopelessness in our language and actions. Instead, at every opportunity, we must inspire, enable, and reinforce a sense of happiness and hopefulness to keep people engaged and maximize their potential as community partners. Our role as visionaries is to see the brightest future possible and help others see it too.

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Happiness Doesn’t Make You Ignore Social Problems

A new study suggests that happy people—far from being self-centered or disengaged—are more willing to tackle social problems.

A new study suggests that happier people are more motivated to act when it comes to social problems. Community organizers and social justice advocates should keep this in mind when developing engagement strategies. To get the most out of our engagement efforts, we need to minimize cynicism and hopelessness in our language and actions. Instead, at every opportunity, we must inspire, enable, and reinforce a sense of happiness and hopefulness to keep people engaged and maximize their potential as community partners. Our role as visionaries is to see the brightest future possible and help others see it too.

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 As we transition from the relaxing days of summer to the fuller days of fall, it behooves us to think about protecting our vibe. 

Many people say that happiness is a choice. At first, given all of our social conditioning, this may seem like absurd advice. You may initially ask to yourself: if everyone could choose to be happy, then we’d all be happy, right? 

The truth is choosing happiness is a skill that takes practice. Not to worry, we’re here to help!  Above are some questions you can ask yourself in real-time to evaluate whether your actions are turning you towards or taking you away from happier experiences. Below are some additional questions you can use in times of frustration or when you are struggling to maintain your positive vibe. As soon as you feel yourself become the slightest bit agitated take a moment to check in with yourself. 

Overcoming Frustration 

Frustration happens! Having a plan to manage it can help you recover from temporary setbacks more quickly.

Ask yourself:

Am I dealing with a current frustration, or am I letting a past frustration or potential future frustration rob me of the happiness I could be enjoying right now?

Are my thoughts about the frustration real or imagined? Am I creating and reacting to a story I’ve made up about the situations before I have all the facts?

Is the story I am creating part of a pattern of stories I tell myself as a defense or coping mechanism?

Is my frustration my own or am I trading in my happiness to take on someone else’s frustration? 

Do I want to allow this temporary frustration to ruin my moment, hour, afternoon, entire day?

Protecting Your Vibe

Being intentional about our thoughts and energy is key to vibe maintenance.

Ask yourself: 

Are my thoughts, intentions, behaviors, and words pointing me towards a path of inner peace and happiness, or are they taking me down a road of unnecessary drama and suffering?

Did drama find me or did I unconsciously and unnecessarily invite it into my world?

Are my actions aligned with the "me" I aim to be(come) or the "me" I was previously conditioned to be?

Sometimes all it takes is a few questions to get us right back on track.

I'm rooting for you and your happiness!!! 

🖤 MsBHappy

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What Toni Morrison Taught Me About Parenting | Brené Brown

What Toni Morrison Taught Me About Parenting | Brené Brown

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What's The Difference Between Feelings And Emotions? - The Best Brain Possible

Feelings and emotions are two sides of the same coin and highly interconnected but are two very different things.

Feelings and emotions are two sides of the same coin and highly interconnected but are two very different things.

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4 Pictures That Teach How to Do a Powerful Morning Routine

Do you want to get the most out of your mornings?

Do you want to get the most out of your mornings?

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Some people say that happiness is a journey, not a destination.  I believe that happiness is a practice and that if we are deliberate, focused, and routine in our happiness practice, we can build and strengthen the mindsets, habits, and behaviors that enable happy lifestyles.  If you have an interest in cultivating your own happiness practice, I encourage you to check out this list of 11 Incredible Habits of Buddhist Monks from DFORTUNER.COM.  

Once you’re done, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the list, particularly which habits you already practice and which habits you hope to pick up over the next few months.  As for me, there are two habits on the list that I aim to work on for the remainder of the year.  The first is to focus on one thing at a time, or perhaps more accurately, stop the learned behavior of multitasking.  The second is to give it (whatever that it may be), my all.  My intention is to practice both habits vigorously (a training of sorts) over the next 4-5 months until they each become reflexive. 

Dope Vibe Tribe:  What are some of your most healthy happiness habits?

Remember, VibeTribe, around here, we share because we care and we want to see everyone succeed.  Share your thoughts and be an inspiration to someone who needs it.

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Perfectionism - The fuel of anxiety. Acceptance - The fuel of happiness.

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Manson helps readers understand the dynamics of relationship pairings, what makes healthy relationships, and why you may be self-sabotaging due to fear and learned behavior.

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We cannot treat racial trauma if psychologists are not trained to provide this much needed service.

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Positive emotion can open our minds and worlds.  We see more possibilities!

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Joy | Alysia Harris Obese as the night sky is… Its greed does not outweigh the first mouthful of dawn. I’ll tell you what joy is: It is the movement of 5,000 men dancing to the voice of 10,000 women Their feet wrestling with their knees to stay beneath them. A strong and common song Pouncing upon their chests. Joy, it never lingers long In the apex of another person’s laugh, But I’ve found it reflects perfectly From the level of my undecorated hips. Long it went unnoticed. A chimney sweep in a London street, Crying for 6 pence and parents I felt like I would suffocate Under the weight of all that darkness A gargoyle of disappointment, watchmen over my bed. I prayed that the beast would consume me Instead of prowling from one relationship to the next. I feared the croak of silence And felt this bar unraveling by the rhyme. But I promised my loneliness: One day…one day, I will write myself a Glass Essay and then I will love like it cannot break. I prayed: ‘Lord, give me good legs and an open road. Lord, give me a juggernaut heart and a Japanese car. Benevolent change.’ And yesterday, Yesterday Under the honesty of 60-watt light bulbs and eye-worn passages There…there was my story, Happy ending superimposed Looking final and unchallenged.” So joy…joy is in the Song! It’s in the beauty of the husband and the bible clenched in her white teeth I dare you to tell me that I’m not mending because joy… Joy is back bending in what you think is submission, But is really mercy. It is the watershed that comes from a good deed rippling into great character. My mouth, it found my face again Found it can still spread. Not as easy as butter; not as fast as rumors. But it can still light up a room or two. Sometimes it means you have to be an archaeologist and an astronomer rolled into one. But this smile right here is a Genesis older than the doubt cubbyholed in the big bang’s center. So though, though I have been shaking in my boots and my beliefs I am proud of my ankles- They be no turncoats. Proud of my knees- the creaking martyrs to dancehall. Sometimes they had to break to keep me upright. Proud of my thighs- who unlike the Red Sea never parted for a man posing as God. So even though he left me, What is not sunny about today, Even the rainclouds can bless me. So what if he won’t appreciate me, The homeless man will hug me. And the street corner will open up to me And it will thank me for humming Aretha And listening to its creases. Joy is not being in love And not being bitter. It is friendship. It is agreement. Joy is the gift of childhood wrapped for the orphan. A Polaroid army crawling its way into life. Joy is being beautiful without a man telling you so. It is finding yourself warm enough for those lonely winter nights. It is finding yourselfWholeAfter so long.So, to shaved heads and unsaddled burdens,To the lion’s mane of insecurities,To my favorite broken heart and every lover I’ve ever had the pleasure of loving:I know it might sound forceful to you…But I am laughing like I’ve conquered something.Because…. I have.

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Want to raise happy people? Stop trying to control your children.

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In case you needed a reminder this morning. You are somebody's everything and you mean something to me. #followfollowfollow @teachmrreed a young Black teacher disrupting early education and making a real difference in the lives of Chicago grade schoolers.