A Unified Theory of Happiness

An East meets West approach.

Andrea F. Polard Psy.D.

Five Ways to Make Brighter Choices

Don't judge yourself or others for mistakes. Instead, learn about intelligence. Find out five ways to make brighter choices.

3 Ways to Shake Off Cynicism

Cynical people can be brave, but often, and more likely, they can bring about their own depression, loneliness, and disease.

How to Deal with Borderline Personality Disorder

Six strategies that can help when others cross your boundaries.

Ten Steps to Return to the Path of Wisdom

When the loudest people influence the rest of society, wisdom goes out the window. How can we return to our more intelligent hearts and minds? It is about time to return to wisdom.

Relax, Nothing Is Under Control

Naturally, we must assume control. However, when things are chaotic and the sea is rough, we need to be able to let go of the illusion.

Thoughts on Reducing Anguish

"Are we there yet?" seems to cause great anguish. The future is always uncertain, but now things seem entirely out-of-control. Here's one thing that helps YOU, others, & your teen.

Five Strategies to Deal with a Compulsive Attention-Seeker

When attention-seeking behavior causes drama, everyone becomes emotionally charged, restless, and generally unhappy. Here is what we can do.

The Life You Did Not Have

Often we wonder, "What if I had taken a different path?" Is this oddly modern preoccupation with our alternative lives conducive to happiness or not? Here is what to watch out for.

How to Manage Social Awkwardness

Here are three ways to accept, relax, and decrease social awkwardness in the age of high anxiety and AI.

Get Over It Already

Who hasn't been told to snap out of sadness or just let it go? It is not merely annoying to hear this advice, it is harmful. Happiness and sadness belong together.

5 Ways to Release Toxic Guilt

Guilt is a natural response but it can become unhealthy. Learn to notice your guilt even when it is uncomfortable and release it with these techniques.

7 Ways to Resist Temptations

Times are tough. Many of us over-control our lives and strain ourselves with too many decisions. Often, our efforts back-fire. So, here are some winning strategies...

Why Some People Avoid Intimacy Even if They Want Love

Why do we always end up with a partner incapable of intimacy? Why do we start rejecting the one we loved so much? A five-step approach to get over fears.

Six Benefits of Having a Pet

Why is it that even small critters can cause us to bond strongly and mourn over their deaths? Pets give us tremendous pleasure, which has never been truer than now during COVID-19.

6 Ways to Deal with Arrogant People

Nobody likes arrogant people, albeit compassion for them brings peace. Learn how to respond most effectively while staying true to yourself.

Love in the Time of a Crisis

The right mindset allows us to love even under stressful circumstances.

4 Coping Mechanisms for COVID-19

The collective trauma of COVID-19 forces us to cope. There are healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms we should examine and test with caution.

7 Ways to Keep Your Cool over Political Differences

Happiness is an inside job. This becomes clear when political discussions cause you to blow up. Here's how to be strong and peaceful at the same time.

Help, We Are Losing Our Religion!

Religion used to help us form our morals. Make sure you provide well for those who leave religion with these 7 essential offerings.

How to Be Your Sexiest, Smartest, and Happiest Self

Our culture encourages us to enhance ourselves artificially, though we can pay a high price for such improvements. Here is a resolution that is real, safe, and effective.

23 Tips for Menopause and Empowerment

Menopause is a downer, unless you know how to manage your symptoms during the transformation and understand what beauty and strength come after it.

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.