How becoming the captain of your life makes all the difference
The first – and the biggest – step in making a positive difference in the way our mind and our thinking patterns work is by taking active ownership of working with our thoughts! At Happiness Academy, we call it “becoming the captain”. Captain of our thinking, captain of our experience, captain of our […]
5 cozy ways to help you deal with winter blues
When winter sneaks into your bones & minds – do this. Winter has its ways of sneaking into our bones – and into our mood. And while sunny and snowy days with crisp air can give us a lot of energy and clarity, there are also many gloomy, grey, foggy (or simply very cold) days. […]
Want to build resilience and strength? Don’t “just step out of your comfort zone”
When we talk about resilience, one of the most common pieces of advice is to “face your fears”, “just step out of your comfort zone”, “just do it”. Even though this approach can give you a boost in resilience, it has a danger hidden in it: if you jump into action and it doesn’t go […]
Your own Life Design: 7 easy exercises that will help you re-focus
Life Design is a mindset, decision and a process of taking an intentional, deliberate, and motivating approach to building the life that makes you happy, fulfilled and that feels “right” for you. Here you can find 7 free tools and resources from Happiness Academy to help you create a life you love. And if you […]
Rewrite your story, change your life
“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” — Susan Statham How are you telling the story of your life? And no, I don’t mean what is your pitch or brand or how are you presenting yourself to others. I mean, how are you telling your own story to yourself? Who are you? What is your […]
7 traps on the way to happiness
The path of a happy life is full of traps. Now and then, some of these traps mess up our happiness a bit – and often we don’t even know what happened! Let’s explore them, understand our brain a bit better – and learn how to avoid them 🙂 Why would our brain want to […]
Too good for your own good?
Brain trap #7: giving too much to others and too little to ourselves Are you one of those people who get lost in making everyone else happy, and forget to make yourself happy? Stuck with being a really nice and a good person to everyone in your life (or at least to loved ones)… to […]
Happiness? It’s all in your head
Brain trap #6: how our thinking dictates our happiness Nothing – seriously, nothing – impacts our happiness as powerfully as our thinking patterns. The way we internalise our experiences, the way we tell stories to ourselves about events in our life, the way we assign meaning to things, the way we take (or don’t take) […]
The fragile balance of happiness
Brain trap #5: why getting just the right balance between the big picture and the moment is so damn difficult Did it ever happen to you that you are wonderfully present and enjoying the moment – perhaps on a free lazy day — just to realise that by evening you feel kind of empty, even […]
Damn you, Joneses: how comparison steals our happiness
Brain trap #4: how comparison is the best way to diminish your happiness Did you ever have an amazing day – just to get it trashed by seeing a acquaintances overly perky Facebook status?Have you ever loved your new car – until you saw your (much cooler) neighbours new car? Comparison with people who have […]