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Steven Hansen
Apr 18, 20242 min read
It Feels So Good to Cry, But Why?
We can’t help it. Sometimes we burst into tears. We are only human. Although many animals shed tears, emotional tears — tears produced as...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 3, 20242 min read
Stop, Look Up and Take a Brain Break
Some blissfully practical advice for bearing up in these modern times with your sanity intact is to disengage from its endless demands...
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Steven Hansen
Dec 24, 20232 min read
Launch Your Dreams Sky High on New Year's Eve!
You can hold your wishes for a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2024 deep in your heart, OR you can have them released high above Times...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 30, 20232 min read
End-of-Summer Harvest of Charming Realities
August is the month of abundance. Farm stands are heaped with tender sweet corn and peaches so gloriously fragrant you can smell them...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Meet the Green Lady of Brooklyn
Summer has risen over New York City gently, gliding on the wings of a delicate springtime. Temps have been mercifully mild. Blue skies...
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Steven Hansen
May 14, 20231 min read
The Magic of Flowers
October may be the happiest month – specifically the first two weeks (see “Make it to October”) -- but spring is a whole season when most...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 20, 20232 min read
World's Happiest Place to Live 2023: Finland
Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for six years in a row – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. That honor was...
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Deena Ebbert
Feb 19, 20232 min read
In Search of Shiny Objects and Teenage Turkeys
On the days my system is running a happiness deficit, I keep coming back to the same thing. When I’m in a really sour, foul, miserable...
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Steven Hansen
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Create a Hyggekrog
Perhaps you’ve heard of it – Hygge that is. The Danish appreciation of things that provide a feeling of cozy contentment and well-being....
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Steven Hansen
Sep 13, 20226 min read
“If You Could Live Anywhere," How Do You Choose? Read On!
It started with the “digital nomads” of the late 1990s. Then the van-lifers of the early 2010s. Small groups of adventure seekers were...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Jump Up and Down!
Let me be the 11th person this week to rag at you that you need to get more exercise. Or the 12th, including your conscience. You’ll look...
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Steven Hansen
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Sip the Mmm-magic of Matcha
It’s getting chilly out there these days. Great weather for enjoying a nice hot cup of tea. How about a cup of matcha? Matcha, the...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Take a Nap
Finally! Scientifically proven evidence that we’d all feel happier if everybody just took a nap! A study between napping and happiness...
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HA Staff
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Carmelo & Titti: The Sheer Joy of Diving
Carmelo Abela and Titti For nearly every day of her life, Titti, a Jack Russell terrier, and her human companion Carmelo Abela, dove...
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