by Lauren Rosenfeld | Oct 26, 2010 | be delighted, be happy, be humorous, be light, be relaxed, Videos
I can often be spotted driving along in my minivan, all alone, grinning to myself. Sometimes I think for all the world I look as if I don’t have a brain in my head. But isn’t that interesting? Why is it that when we see someone smiling “for no...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Oct 4, 2010 | be calm, be happy, be healing, be light, be wise
Remember the Judy Garland song that goes, “Forget your troubles! C’mon get happy!”? It’s a great tune if you want to get up and dance. But as advice goes, it’s pretty lousy. First of all, it’s scarce on details. Forget your troubles? How does one even begin ...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Aug 24, 2010 | be attuned, be blessed, be calm, be grateful, be happy, be nurturing, be patient, be relaxed, be wise
One of these days . . . One of these days my house will be clean. I will not find dirty socks stuffed between the couch cushions because it is apparently too far to walk to the hamper. I will not have to muffle a cry of pain in the middle of the night because I...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Aug 24, 2010 | be courageous, be focused, be happy, be light, be strong
These past few months I have been working madly to de-clutter our home. Actually, not madly. Mindfully. Or maybe it is a bit of both. I have been trying to find some breathing room within it, both literally and figuratively. It has been a real period of reckoning...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Aug 10, 2010 | be blessed, be happy, be light
Am I burdened? Or am I blessed? I have a house to clean. I have children to shuttle around. I have a job that needs to be attended to. I have money that I am not managing as well as I could. I have tons friends I just can’t seem to keep up with. There are times...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Aug 6, 2010 | be attuned, be blessed, be delighted, be happy, be openhearted, be present
All I wanted was a little peace and quiet. A moment alone. I longed for the kind of happiness that a little self-imposed solitude might bring. And I had it all set up just as I had envisioned it: A cup of tea in my hands. A novel (enthusiastically recommended by...
