3Giving Thanks Around the World — How Other Countries Celebrate Thanksgiving. Most often we think of Thanksgiving as our American holiday. However, did you know several other countries celebrate thanksgiving throughout the world as well?
4Why You Need to Release Your Emotions — For The Sake of Your Health. For those who often feel the urge to bury your feelings, get lost in social media or other distractions versus confronting your emotions, especially around the holidays. Know that this is the worst thing you can do to your mind and body. This article is a good snapshot of how you can develop a healthy relationship with your feelings.
5This Thanksgiving, Here’s How to Avoid Politics and Have a ‘Controversy-Free’ Time with Your Loved Ones. I think the advice in the article is helpful throughout the holiday season. Though I do disagree on one point. Do not turn on the television. Despite being a television producer myself, I think holidays should be spent engaging with one another, not with a screen. That includes our cell phones, tablets, and computers. Instead disconnect and be present with those whom you love.
6Cultivating Gratitude and Happiness Will Boost Your Business. According to the father of positive psychology, Martin Seligman, there is a direct correlation between Happiness and Success. After spending a decade-plus studying the art and science of Happiness myself, I concur. The secret to where the X of Success and the Y of Happiness cross is found in a quote from this article, “…life is truly fulfilling when we discover the value within ourselves by contributing to the Happiness of our fellow humans. Essentially, doing something for someone else and expressing gratitude for it is where we can find that seemingly alluring Happiness.”
7Do What You Love and Live Longer, the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy Says. Here is a follow up to the previous article. This one delves further into living a life of purpose through Ikigai, where purpose, passion, meaning, and drive meld together. Or, as Joseph Campbell puts it, “follow your bliss.”
Jim B.