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1 week ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
If you want to be happier, there is one profoundly simple strategy for more happiness, so obvious and effective, and yet that almost no one uses, all because of Old Happy conditioning. Said strategy: find happiness in other people’s happiness. In Old Happy culture, we’re taught that we’re separate from other people.
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1 week ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
Motivation is a funny thing. We really want to feel motivated before we get started, but it's more accurate to think of motivation as the reward for starting. When you devote your energy towards a goal, you become more interested in it and more invested in it. But to reap those psychological benefits and feelings, you have to take the first step. There's one simple, never-fail tool you can use every time you'd like to feel more motivated.
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1 week ago | 
greaterdiversity.com | Stephanie Harrison |Peter Grear
by Stephanie Harrison 05/26/2025 Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. With stocks falling and the threat of a recession looming, many of us are struggling.
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1 week ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
Most of the time, we go through our lives with a zoomed-in lens, one that focuses our attention on the present moment. Our life shrinks down to this hour, this day, this month, this season. That's what makes good times so good and hard times so hard. They are all-encompassing. Learning how to zoom out, to put this moment into a greater perspective, is an essential skill, one that can help us to increase our joy andto increase our resilience. In good times, remember: this will change. So savor it.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
Think of your attention like a flashlight that can only focus on a few items at once. Ruminating is what happens when your flashlight gets stuck on specific negative thoughts, challenging past experiences, and ideas about yourself. No matter what else might be happening around you, you keep going back to these thoughts again and again. This thinking pattern can have really painful consequences, like the contributing to the development and onset of depression.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
You’re haunted by your fears: “What if it doesn’t work out?” “What if I can’t do it?” “What if it’s not worth it?”That uncertainty about the future permeates the present, turning your days into stressful experiences and leaving any progress feeling insufficient. But what if you felt confident that it would all work out? If those fears about the future went away, would the present moment be more enjoyable?
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
“I don’t know what to do next.”That’s okay. It's also perfectly normal! No one can have all of the answers. We all feel lost and uncertain from time to time. In these moments, here's a tool that you can use to help figure out what the right next step is for you. If you're feeling scared, imagine how the very bravest version of you would take on this situation. If you have encountered a complex problem, tap into the wisest part of you. What perspective would they give you?
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
If you browse any corner of the motivational internet, you'll probably see one message repeated over and over again: You need to be consistent to achieve your goals. This is not, actually, the key to achieving your goals. If you want to achieve your goals, make them joyful. Make them fun. Make them interesting. Make them fascinating. Make them engaging. Make them meaningful. If you do this, you will never have to worry about 'being consistent' ever again.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
I want you to expand your expectations. I don't want you to settle for anything less than you deserve — which is a life of well-being, joy, connection, and peace. And once you realize this for yourself, you will also start to see: this is what everyone deserves. No one should ever have to settle for less. And once you realize that, it becomes quite obvious: we are the ones who get to turn this expectation into a reality.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenewhappy.com | Stephanie Harrison
Many of us grew up learning one of two responses to our feelings:1. You learned to hide or suppress your difficult emotions, forcing yourself to feel (or appear to feel) positive, optimistic and happy. 2. Or, you learned to intellectualize your feelings, using your brains to avoid experiencing them. But there is another way: we can accept our emotions and allow ourselves to fully experience them. This is a choice that can transform our well-being.
