Add More Ing to Your Life: A Hip Guide to Happiness

Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and instead focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience. When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow. This itself is an a

One of the ways to love yourself more is to stop comparing yourself to others. Although you are part of a whole, you are also an individual self, with your own path. The group and family belief systems you have taken on as your own can be obstacles to your self-love. “Everybody says it is good to meditate,” you may hear some people say, and so you

three fairly broad AAs that I currently use: love for myself and others, connection, and showing up honestly.

So I began to shift my energy, and instead of writing down lists of things, I made feelings my goals. Not only that, I turned my focus in my spiritual practice over to gratitude, service, and devotion. Instead of constantly asking for more, I expressed genuine gratitude for all I had.