The New Happy Newsletters - The New Happy

There is no end goal that will make you lastingly happy. There is no promotion, no milestone, and no accolade that will magically alleviate your suffering and lead to a state of perpetual joy. Yet, because we believe what Old Happy culture teaches us, we constantly chase one goal after another, believing eac...

There is something really important—yet invisible—happening in those moments that feel like a step backwards.

If you find yourself there today, I want to invite you to consider the following ideas:

Maybe our job is to let go of judging our progress and to instead allow it to unfold organically.

Who are you?

How do you answer this question?

My favorite way to understand identity comes from the psychologist Dan McAdams, who ​argues​ that your identity is a story ...

The coping mechanisms that you developed to help you survive might now be keeping you from thriving.

If you were hurt in the past, you might have learned that you have to isolate yourself from others in order to protect yourself. Yet doing so makes it so much harder to establish the loving, secure, and...

Imagine this: an email pops up in your inbox with a tricky, important, stressful problem that needs to be solved.

How do you respond? Do you…

Read it through and then ask yourself, “Okay, what is in my control here?” or say to yourself, “I’m going to figure this out.”

Scan through the email...