If America Is “The Land of Opportunity” Why Are We the Unhappiest We’ve Ever Been? According to Fortune Magazine and the 2019 World Happiness Report, people in the United States are the unhappiest they have ever been. Which is sad, considering we are a leading first world country and that our standard of living is…
Making yourself happy, overcoming the negativity bias, the power of positive thinking, finding joy and living Happily Ever After are concepts that most of us aspire to, yet sadly, they are things that many of us never attain. And sadder still is the fact that we are typically the ones who block our own path…
If you are anything like me, you sometimes ask yourself, “How do I do things better?” or “How can I get better?” The question of how to get better at life is one we all ponder. Whether it’s yoga, cooking, your job, relationships, personal growth, or even life, it’s more fun to do things when…
Could you be blind to your own faults? Are you self-sacrificing because you believe it makes you a better person? How could you be hurting yourself and others by not taking care of yourself first? For about three weeks now I’ve had a robin who throws himself at my foyer window. The foyer is two…
I was in the lobby of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan when the problem of living in the present was revealed to me. Contrary to what I’d been told, happiness, peace, and prosperity did not come from living in the moment. Happiness, peace, and prosperity came from leaving the present moment, constantly shifting between the past…
Although there are several versions of this old Cherokee Legend, the basic story, about how positive thinking changes your life, is as follows: An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.…
Every couple of months, my friends and I head to a local steam bath. And no, I don’t mean spa. This particular steam bath was built in 1927 as a Jewish ritual bath, and pretty much nothing has changed since then. Even though swimsuits are technically allowed, one would look, and feel, far more awkward…
My last blog post was short and sweet and focused on spring cleaning with a twist. Instead of focusing on decluttering or organizing a certain way, I challenged readers to make their surroundings pleasant to them, whether that meant being a minimalist or comfortably cluttered and cozy. My premise was that since we take care…
Spring is here, which means it’s time for spring cleaning! While you may be thinking, “wait a second Lora, spring cleaning sounds nothing like self-care to me” our surroundings deeply impact both our mental state and our sense of well-being. So yes, spring cleaning is an act of self-care, and when it is approached from…
