I always greatly preferred Carl Jung’s perspectives to Freuds and when I studied Neuro Linguistic Programming I liked his personality types. No typology will ever be completely accurate, but I find these interesting as a starting point. Their fun to take with others and can be helpful in interacting. More on Jungian Personality Tests
One of the most common phrases people say to others in some form of grief is, ‘time heals’ or ‘it takes time’. It usually does, but time is not the healer. There is a certain process that has to be gone through in order to move things from being painful to being accepted. And this also relates to living with more integrity, being happier and changing a habit. Read more about the grieving process
So often I talk to people who are devastated by any sense that they have failed. There seems to be this programming of people by society that they have to be perfect. Read more about failure and happiness
This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know.
I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life. Read more about practising happiness
Thanks to those people who took the time to comment after reading the Happiness 2.0 Report. Brian asked some questions that I think we all struggle with from time to time. I’m going to address the first one here and follow on with the second. More about is allowing the same as letting suffering