By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Here are five simple ways to help boost your happiness right now. 1. Master the moment with wonderment and enthusiasm. “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” — Socrates With mindfulness, relish and enjoy the simple things with wonderment and enthusiasm. Whether it’s laughing with your family and friends, feeling sand on your feet, listening to the rain, running a 5k, walking in the park, cooking your favorite meal, throwing a Frisbee,…
Read More...By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA TED speaker Rebecca Saxe inspired this post. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” These are heartfelt words by award-winning actress Meryl Streep. Do we all have the power of empathy? Are we hardwired to know what other people want? Is it easy to think about other people’s thoughts? Rebecca Saxe’s enlightening TEDTalk “How To Read Each Other’s Minds” asks: “Why is…
Read More...By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA “When your mind starts to wander to your thoughts try to guide your attention back to your breath. This is the practice. Our thoughts will probably never disappear, but we can become more aware of them and guide our focus back to our breath.” -Tara Stiles Tara Stiles, my colleague at The Huffington Post, and author of “Slim Calm Sexy,” star of “Yoga Anywhere” DVD series, yoga expert for…
Read More...By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA My latest Huffington Post blogs. Engaging Consumers in Health IT: Read Full Post How to Maximize Your Doctor’s Visit: Read Full Post The 3 Secrets to a Wildly Popular YOU: Read Full Post — Thanks for your time. I hope you enjoy The Huffingtong Post blogs. Please share your thoughts below. More on Huffington Post. Follow me on Twitter.
Read More...By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Part 1 of How to be Wildly Popular focused on where I found inspiration for writing this healthy living post. Part 2 provides you with friendly simple tips to becoming wildly popular. So, you want to be popular? Who doesn’t (okay, there may be some people who really have no interest in being popular–that’s cool. To each his own). But, for those of you who have a little interest,…
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