Joy Drop – Struggle & Strength
How did my dream of being an educator begin? And how did I go from being a teacher to providing professional development to teachers and being a motivational speaker?I get asked these questions a lot, but to answer that question, I have to back the story up and tell you my journey to becoming a teacher.Gosh, […]
Joy Drop – Life Can Be Frustrating
I hesitated to write this because of the “comparative suffering” thing. Brene Brown talks about how humans engage in comparative suffering. It’s when you brush off your pain or someone else’s because you don’t see “their” or “your” suffering as valid enough compared to another person’s suffering.For example, someone complains about not feeling well, and someone else […]
Joy Drop – Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Each morning when I take a run, I see a man named Kevin on the greenway in my city. We always greet each other with a smile and do small talk as we pass each other by.Kevin walks with a walker and exercises daily using it. I’ve always been quite captivated when I see him, so […]
Joy Drop: Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness is one of the Top 5 Happiness Habits that will boost your overall well-being and happiness levels. From little on, we are taught kindness matters. But we weren’t always taught that you, as the giver of kindness, receive even more of a happiness boost than the recipient of the kindness. As […]
Joy Drop: One of the Top 5 Happiness Habits
It’s so easy to get lost in all the craziness of our minds. We are constantly thinking thoughts. Thoughts about the past, thoughts in the present, and thoughts about the future. But when we can create a tiny bit of space in our day to truly be present, we change the prefrontal cortex of the […]
Joy Drop: Do you see what’s around you?
It’s easy to take life for granted. To get swept away in the day-to-day activities and forget to be in the present moment. Sometimes life seems to be happening to us, and we forget to see all the goodness around us.I try to pay attention to all the goodness and beauty around me. At least […]
When happiness comes first in our job…
We see… 31% increase in productivity 37% increase in sales 21% less stress 10 x more engagement When we get our brains at positive versus negative, neutral, or stressed we see employees start to perform better at work and at home.
When happiness comes first in our job…
The way we are taught to achieve doesn’t work. Why happiness comes before success. Rethinking the road to success. It’s not just about achieving the next goal. When we get our brains at positive versus negative, neutral, or stressed we see employees start to perform better at work and at home. Join us for the FREE Strobel […]
International Happiness Day
Yesterday was International Happiness Day. It was established in 2012 by the United Nations to help people realize the importance of happiness within their lives. (Notice with the word “within”). I believe “HAPPINESS” gets misinterpreted a lot of the time. Many times when I’m teaching about happiness, there’s a negative connotation about it before I […]
Attract the people, circumstances, and opportunities into your life
Your energetic, vibrational frequency creates your experience of life. Use the Law of Attraction to create a vision for your life. What Jim Carey and Oprah Winfrey know about thoughts that create your future How to attract more of what you want in your life.