Author: George and Rachel Barker

On the Science Behind Happy Relationships

Excerpts from an article in Time Magazine:  “The most important thing we’ve learned … is that the secret to loving relationships and to keeping them strong and vibrant over the years, to falling in love again and again, is emotional responsiveness,” says Sue Johnson, a clinical psychologist in Ottawa and the author of several books, including Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. That responsiveness, in a nutshell, is all about sending a cue and having the other person respond...

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Tweet, tweet, tweet

Keys to Happiness : Tweet, tweet, tweet Tweet. Ah, the sweet sounds of the song bird as the sun rises or their signal at dusk of another day’s end. Is there anything as simple or pleasurable as listening to the song of a bird? But, I know not all of you were thinking about birds when you read tweet, tweet, tweet. How words change meanings over time. Today, I am not interested in how words change over time. No, today I want to look at how a large portion of our lives have changed over the past...

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True meaning of self-awareness

Written by Caroline Forsey, this article on Hubspot touches on the “True Meaning of Self-Awareness” (and how to tell if you are actually self-aware). As the article points out, Self-awareness will help you become a happier and more productive employee and leader, and can help you align your current life with your passions. We feel it’s a good fit in finding true happiness, too! Check it out … https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/self-awareness

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Keys to Happiness: Winning

“Winning isn’t Everything. It’s the Only Thing!” “There is No Such Thing as a Moral Victory!” What a time of year for the sports enthusiast! The 2018 baseball season is catching full stride, there are playoffs in hockey and basketball, the NFL draft, the professional golf tour is in full swing, no pun intended (okay maybe it is :-). And, for the non-professional enthusiast out there, you’ve got college and high school softball, baseball, and track that are wide open, and...

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Meet Finn. He’s happy

  Finn doesn’t care if you know he’s a cow. He’s Happy. He’s just a happy go-lucky guy. He was rescued at 2 months old and now is part of the family. That’s because he’s living his life on his own path … and from the looks of it, has found happiness. How about you? Don’t be a Cow! (Unless, of course, you are one … but you can still go your own way!) “No matter what the world tells you what or who you are, you can make a difference....

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Keys to Happiness : Spring has Sprung!

Ah spring has sprung! At least for today, and I realize that many of you to our north have not yet fully evolved into spring; hold on, it’s surely coming. For this year’s spring, a simple reminder. In today’s society, when we refer to “long green,” we are referring to money and lots of it. This spring I hope you will stop chasing that green long enough to enjoy the beautiful green of springtime. Everywhere we look it’s green. It’s in the trees, it’s in the bushes and it’s on the ground. Wow! what...

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Roots of Leadership, Part 2

Before we continue our discussion on leadership, a quick synopsis of our beginning discussion. We made a tie into Valentine’s Day, yes, the ‘love’ holiday, but instead of looking at love with our significant other, we put it in the context of love of oneself. With all the books and publications today dedicated to leadership, why do so many seem to still struggle? We discussed the importance of achieving love of self before it is possible to lead others. Leadership must start with the leadership...

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Self-Disciplined People are Happier

Woman looking at ice-cream sundae (Getty images) From the article: It’s easy to think of the highly self-disciplined as being miserable misers or uptight Puritans, but it turns out that exerting self-control can make you happier not only in the long run, but also in the moment … … The highly self-controlled showed a distinct difference from those with less discipline over their lives. They tended to avoid creating situations in which their goals would conflict, and reported fewer instances...

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Rethinking Discipline

Awhile back we wrote about Self-reliance in a blog post (April 2017). This post by Scott H. Young offers some insights and thoughts about the subject of Self-discipline, a close cousin, in his presentation on “Rethinking Discipline.” Rethinking Discipline February, 2018 by Scott. H. Young. What is self-discipline? I think everyone has at least a hazy picture of what it means to be self-disciplined. From the outside, self-discipline looks like suppressing impulses to do things you shouldn’t...

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