Think Happy!

G. K. Chesterton, the famous Catholic journalist once wrote:
‘There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.’
This strikes me as incredibly profound.
How much misery enters our lives through the desire for things - or circumstances - that we don’t have. Even if [...]

I’ve just come across a refreshing article over at The National.
It is not simply your mental health which benefits from a broad network of friends but your physical well-being. There is a big biological pay-off, it seems, to having a strong social circle.
Friends can boost your defences against disease, help you heal, lower your blood [...]

I know it’s hard to believe, but we are still here. The reason for our silence is that we’ve just moved house and have only just recovered internet access.
However, we’ll be back before you know it with tips on moving house, more on teeth grinding, the next installment in our series on giving up cigarettes [...]

There’s a great post over at Dumb Little Man, entitled, 7 How-to-be-happy Lessons That Kids Can Teach Us. I wanted to link to it, because as the father of 3 - yes, three! - girls, I can vouch for every word.
Here are DLM’s points, with some commentary from me at the bottom:

Living in the present
Single [...]

Over at my anabaptist spirituality blog, Leaving Münster, I wrote a birthday reflection on what lessons I encountered last year. It was an act of self-discipline, as much as anything, because I tend to get fairly melancholy around my birthday. So, I thought it would do me be good to intentionally - and publicly - [...]

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series: How to Stop SmokingSmoking cessation is the big topic right now and seems like it has been for an incredibly long time. I’m guessing that by reading this you have an interest in giving up, wanting to help someone give up, or have already given [...]

Our latest author, Claire, is going to begin publishing a series of posts on giving up smoking.
This will be a three-part series, consisting of:
1 - preparation
2 - the actual quitting
3 - the aftermath
I’ve had a sneak peek and it’s good stuff. More importantly, it works!

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Well, after a fairly prolonged absence - for which my wife should be held responsible due to the birth of our third child! - we’re now officially back.
In the coming days you can expect further posts on quitting Cola and reducing tooth grinding. However, our newest author, Claire, will also be starting a new series [...]

I’ve been meaning to post more on how to stop grinding your teeth, along with pointers to tactics that I’ve found helpful. However, the truth is that not much has worked so far! Hence, not much posting!
So, in the spirit of full disclosure, over the next few of posts I will discuss ‘how not to [...]

I’ve got a couple of posts in the pipe-line on teeth-grinding (or “bruxism”, to use the medical term), but in the meantime…

Who couldn’t use a little bit more good luck?
Richard Wiseman, professor at University of Hertfordshire has made a study of lucky people. Why are some people lucky and others not? Can you learn [...]