A Unified Theory of Happiness

An East meets West approach.

Andrea F. Polard Psy.D.

The Three Courageous Acts of Self-Worth

You have been through hell after a disappointing relationship. Now what? Something profound needs to happen to get to the core of your past problems.

Six Ways to Help Stop the Abuse of Silent Treatment

It's important to appreciate the wisdom of silence, but also to differentiate it from harmful use. Find out what you can do to curb the harmful behavior.

Why Are We So Passive As the Planet Is Being Wrecked?

It is astonishing how little we are doing to save our own existence on this planet. It is not enough to be worried or distressed. We need to act, and here's how.

5 Tips for Over-Thinkers, Concerned Citizens, and Consumers

Information overload can instill anxiety, confusion, and loneliness. Here are a few tips to relax and keep things in perspective.

Four Ways to Conquer Envy

The world's becoming more prone to envy. While understanding the reasons why can make a big difference, there are four things you can do proactively.

Stop the Pressure

Don’t wait for society to change. When you feel burdened by demands, try this 5-point method to get relief.

When Kids Head for Disaster

Four tips to reinstate your authority and to lead your kids to happiness, responsibility and social engagement.

In-Law Blues No More

Problems with your in-laws? You are not alone. Here are three strategies that help improve your relationship.

14 Clues You Are Dealing with a Pretender

Feeling inferior? Not so fast. . . .

5 Ways to Hit the Reset Button

What is there to do when we feel ourselves stuck? Here are known ways to clear your mind and let go of destructive, unimaginative thought processes and emotional loops.

Goodbye High Anxiety

Nothing describes modern humans as well as high anxiety. To buffer against anxiety, we must understand its causes and can choose from the six paths of serenity.

The Happy Way of Losing Weight

Losing weight does not have to be horrible. It can actually help you become a happier, more mindful person right away. Here are 5 Dos and 5 Don’ts....

Why Halloween Strikes a Chord

You might not know it, but you most likely have a bit of a Celtic heart. We make up ghosts in our minds, ghosts that better come out, or else....

The Best-kept Secret of Love

Be tolerant of the other. Compromise. Be positive. All of these recommendations may work against you. Lasting love requires something completely different. 

What If the Buzz Says, "Don't Be a Victim"?

People are often afraid to out themselves as victims because the culture can quickly blame them for being weak.

7 Ways to Cope With People Who Want to Bring You Down

Your mere wish for a more fulfilled life can cause everything from envy to rudeness. It takes courage to be happy in an increasingly unhappy society. Be ready to respond.

Are You Too Agreeable?

To be agreeable or not to be agreeable, this is the question. Choose well and use six strategies to face conflict and stand up for your rights.

5 Ways to Overcome Loneliness in a Relationship

Loneliness is always a downer, but when we feel lonely in a relationship, it might feel like a life sentence. Here are five ways to overcome it.

How to Be Happy in a “Fix Me” Culture

Are you suffering from imperfections and feel something is wrong with you? Cultivate the one thing that works like magic.

The Nirvana of Sleep

When night falls, magic happens. We restore, detox and sort out memories. But how? Here are nine natural conditions for letting yourself fall and stay asleep.

Barely Cordial

Three tips to become bold and free to ward off people who take your energy. Kindness to others is good. Kindness to self and to others is better....

All You Need Is Love. Plus.

Happiness and psychological health are intertwined to such a degree, we can consider them to be almost congruent. Discover for yourself toxins that harm and nutrients you need.

Power, Sex, and What Else is New?

Apparently we've reached a tipping point at which enough women have enough power to speak up against sexual assault. But things are far from perfect. Here's what I wish for 2018...

How to Reach the Decision to Separate

Relationships are the source of great happiness — unless they become the greatest obstacle. How do we get to feel "enough is enough"? Feeling limits can be learned. Here is how.

The Meaning of Halloween

Why do we like to be scared on special occasions while we seek comfort on most others? Here are two ways to confront the darkness for the sake of a deeper and happier life.

Loving Myself

We are aching to love and to love ourselves. What stands in the way of self-love? It is essential to remove the obstacles, however arduous that might be....

How to Love Unconditionally

What does it actually mean to love someone, especially our kids, unconditionally? Don't fall into the pitfalls of modern times. Here are four ways to be....

Help, I Married My Father

Why do so many women end up unhappily in relationships with males who remind them of their father? How can we stop this painful habit?

Seven Agreeable Ways to Be Disagreeable

When we know how to use our defiance wisely, we can move mountains. Unhappiness can turn into happiness, failure into success....

Three Strategies to Overcome Disadvantages

Building on strengths is a great strategy. But what if you feel you don't have enough strengths? What do people do in order to overcome their greatest obstacles in life?

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