What is it like to struggle in relation to another human being? What is it like to want to be connected and yet not find a way to connect emtionally with your partner? How hurtful is it when we try to connect and let yourself be vulnerable but get misunderstood? These are questions that we have [...]
Category Archives: happiness is hard work
A Solution to Decrease Depression
August 1, 2008 – 9:16 am
In chemistry class, one of the learning objectives is to understand concentration and solutions. I remember writing formulas to describe the solution created in the beaker. Let’s take that image and apply it to a strategy to decrease depression. We know that the body creates chemicals based on emotions. If we panic, chemicals make us [...]
Is Happiness Real?
April 2, 2008 – 1:31 pm
What is happiness? Perhaps, as Eckhart Tolle explains, happiness is the absence of unhappiness. Think about it for yourself. When are you happy? Do you notice when you are happy? Do you say “Wow, right now I am happy!” Or do we more often only look for happiness out of our unhappiness, misery, depression and [...]
Happiness is Hard Work
March 6, 2008 – 9:57 pm
Welcome to the Blue Moon Blog! Our first topic for the blog conversation is happiness. I am very excited to write and read and respond to topics and ideas about happiness. Some would argue that if you have to work hard at happiness - it’s somehow artificial. Should happiness, by its very nature, be effortless and easy? [...]