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I recently listened to a social media post from an influencer who is on his 69th day of sobriety. His message was refreshingly honest; basically, he is bored, unhappy and disappointed that this is what he has found to be how he feels so far.  Personally I believe each person who finally quits alcohol uses whatever process or method works for them and, because I had several false starts and know how hard the process is, I applaud each person who takes it on and finds a way to

Why is meditation beneficial in the process of finding purpose, happiness and expressing gratitude Step 1: When we want things in our life to change, to be different, we must be different. Meditation, or some use prayer, provides a window into ourselves. We have a chance to pause. Gratitude is among the seven key elements to happiness and purpose. Meditation is a perfect time to focus on being grateful. Meditation also allows things from your subconscious to surface that may

Change your life today! Follow my 7 step F-DAPPER System for Success. Steps 1 & 2 , find your emotional fuel, and 2. Make a small, but profound, decision. Visit www.thegethappinessplan.com for a free exercise to find your fuel. This is critical as our thoughts are dictated by our subconscious. In order to change our subconscious we need to use emotion, strong emotion. Find it. Take inventory. What have you sacrificed, what are the real costs of staying where you are at? Once

Our brain is focused on maintenance and survival. It wants to avoid taking things perceived to be risky today. It is not so worried about how we will feel at life's end as to whether the risk would have been worth it. That is why you need to tap into your emotion. Find Your Fuel in your emotion to move yourself into Decision - Action - Plan. Free Find Your Feel worksheet at www.thegethappinessplan.com .

The minute you just spent is a minute you will never get to live again. Was it how you would want to have lived that minute? How about the last hour, the last day? Get present and be accountable to your self for how you are using the minutes and hours and days of your life as you will NEVER get to live them again. Do this for the rest of your lifetime and you will feel you have lived your life time well. Find your purpose and focus your time on what matters most to you. My se

The three things we have the ability to change right now are: #1 our setting and perspective. #2 is our thoughts and #3 is our actions. This is video is about #1 changing our setting. What I mean by that is everything you see around you as your setting that creates your daily perspective: your schedule and routine, fix your space for work, change where you live, who you are spending time with, your clothing. When I was getting off alcohol this was one of the most critical thi

I am not a certified dietician or nutritionist. I am a student like most of you. I have read, listened to and observed others. And, I have experimented as I believe diet and exercise routines are very personal. As always, if you can get professional advice, great! If you are like me, you will consider various things and then adapt them to yourself until you find what works. For me there are two keys (actually 3 but 3rd is obvious) to a successful diet. First, it has to be sus

Research shows that in order to reduce "unhappiness" you need to cover your basic needs, food, shelter, etc. But "unhappiness" is not the opposite of "happiness" In fact, these two emotions originate from opposite sides of the brain. Once your basics are covered, there is a real diminishing return on what happiness more money can help create. And, each time we get more, your expectation and "need" gets readjusted and soon we find that we want now need more. Success does not e

One of the important things about getting sober is to talk to and listen to others. This can help overcome our own internal chatter that constantly counters our own concerns with justifications that alcohol is not the problem or even a problem at all. But be aware that alcohol abuse is typically a symptom of other problems. Once one moves past alcohol other things will be waiting to be dealt with. That's where my www.thegethappinessplan.com comes in to play. In my case, I fo