A Unified Theory of Happiness

An East meets West approach.

Andrea F. Polard Psy.D.

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 People Avoid Intimacy Even When They Crave 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.

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. 

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