by Stuart Haines | Mar 14, 2021 | Happiness, Philosophy, Self-actualization
As I get older, I periodically think about whether I’m living up to my full potential – becoming my best self. Is it something to be achieved? Is there some “endpoint” when you know you’ve arrived? In Buddhism, this transcendent state is...
by Seena Haines | Feb 28, 2021 | Automatic Negative Thoughts, Happiness, Wellbeing
We are what we think.All that we are arises with our thoughts.With our thoughts, we make the world. – Buddha The average person has an estimated 70,000 thoughts a day. Unfortunately, the majority of our thoughts are negative. And most are automatic...
by Stuart Haines | Feb 14, 2021 | Resilience, Wellbeing
The Steel Mill by Thomas Hart Benton, Oil on Canvas, 1930. Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas Seena and I recently began leading a program, a 6-week seminar series, on well-being and resilience. It’s prompted me to think more deeply about what it...
by Seena Haines | Jan 31, 2021 | Achieving Goals, Wellbeing
The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! – Henry David Thoreau Do you have...
by Stuart Haines | Jan 17, 2021 | Achieving Goals, Wellbeing
At the beginning of a new year, many people turn their thoughts to new things they’d like to do to increase their sense of wellbeing and happiness. We set intentions toward developing new habits and achieving new goals. This past year (2020) has been...
by Jeff Cain | Dec 16, 2020 | Happiness, Philosophy, Wellbeing
[Occasionally we’ll post messages from other contributors to the Wellbeing Elixir Newsletter. This message is from Jeff Cain – a colleague and friend who teaches at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. We’ve had the pleasure of working...
