Tag Archives: focus

Build Your Mindfulness Muscle

Check out Want to Be Happier? Keep Your Focus, an article from the U.S. News and World Report website.  It discusses the benefits of using a mindfulness practice to improve focus and increase happiness. The article offers five tips for building your … Continue reading

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When One Door Closes…

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell The above quote and common … Continue reading

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Focus on Happiness

This Los Angeles Times article on happiness and focus brings up several interesting points and ideas about the connection between the mind and happiness. It discusses the impact that our perceptions have on our experiences and levels of happiness. The authors suggest that how we feel or think (about what we are doing) is a better predictor of happiness than what we are actually doing. Continue reading

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