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The Desire for Happiness
An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
by The Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland
It is my hope that the reader of this small book will take away a basic understanding of Buddhism and some of the key methods by which Buddhist practitioners have cultivated compassion and wisdom in their lives.

Two Barriers To Lasting Happiness
by Theun Mares
Jane longs to experience lasting happiness. Her problem is not that her life is always empty of happiness, but rather that it is so elusive. Happiness seems to arrive suddenly, but before she can really start enjoying it, it has suddenly gone again.

Happiness And The Single Person; Changing Myth Into Reality
by Toni Coleman, LCSW
Does the expression single and happy sound like an oxymoron to you? Are you weary of others (especially other singles) reinforcing the belief that singles can't be happy? Do you find yourself always planning for the future or putting things off until

Principles of Human Misery / Happiness
by Joseph Ghabi
Sometimes we are so occupied with our daily routine in life that we forget that we are the most important element of our existence. We need to be nourished in order to grow. When we look at the people around us, we most likely find that most people's

Let's Teach Our Kidz to Be Happy!

Happiness does not just happen to us. Happiness is achieved when we satisfy our needs in a responsible way. Our lives are largely the result of our own choices. Even young children can learn how to behave responsibly, gaining more control over

Happiness Lies Within

As a hypnotherapist, I challenge people to change their thoughts to change their destiny. I believe the whole purpose of this incarnation is to learn to love ourselves first, and then to extend that love to others. Until we really learn to love ourselves

We Are The Goddess: Sex, Creation & the Universal Mind

When we really open our hearts and souls and look inside we eventually start to realize our connection with all of creation because we are an integral part of that creation process. I have heard far too many people including myself say but I'm not.

Be Happy, Healthy and Fulfilled!
by Kay Nuyens; MA, CCH
We are powerful beings. Life responds to us as we respond to it. The greatest sages and saints had no greater minds than us, but they knew how to use them. Most of us produce a life of only a fraction of what we want. Yet, God does not limit us. It is our

How to live a happy and satisfied Life

In each day that passes by, we stand by and witness how our lives are being lived without the full happiness and satisfaction we crave and need. Most people spend their time stressed out, worried and on a constant panic about what needs to be done for the

Do not Postpone Your Happiness
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
Dear Valued Friend: In light of what happened yesterday, I felt that it was important to send you a personal message rather than the usual weekly advice column. So many people postpone their happiness and quality of time spent with their mate and children

Advice & Discussions
Need Advice Please! To Stay Or To Leave? My sons happiness? Or Mine?
Okay, let's start off by saying that I am a single mother of a three year old boy. I was raised by just my mother and it has been hard for me to stay in relationships. Sometimes I think I would be happier by myself. I am very independent. So, I have been dating a guy for almost a year.
Being responsible for your partner's happiness
I have heard many times that it is unhealthy to make yourself or feel responsible for your SO's happiness. You obviously can't be the sole provider for your partner's happiness as this isn't realistic. But shouldn't we at least be partially responsible for making sure our partners are happy?
Am I sabotaging my own happiness?
Feels like I haven't been here in ages! I've been single for the past 3 months, had a four year "on again off again" relationship end in April..although I wanted to end it a couple of months before that..amazingly enough It didn't take me long to move on.
do i deserve real happiness?
OK, so this story is long and very complicated. Im 37 and have been married to a Japanese woman for 10 years. Initially it was a marriage of convenience, for her visa, so we never really committed in the traditional sense. But we got along and we stayed in UK for 5 years, we then moved to Japan where we have been for another 5 years.
Im destroying my own happiness...
My boyfriend of almost 2 years now is nearly perfect, he takes care of me ans our son, he works for us.... he seems perfect, everything is, except ME... I cant forget his past, his ex-girlfriend, its like my mind is obssess with them, i wonder more of what THEY use to do, than what WE did in our past that was incredibly amazing.

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