Well-being when you face serious illness
Living with a chronic illness (MS), I realize that I am also chronically healing. There are times when my physical health has to come first. There are times when it can be a background murmur and I can attend other areas of my life. Here are six elements of well-being...
The 12 Just For Todays – a simple path to sanity
Using these promises was my first step toward sanity after a mental health crisis. Their simplicity helped guide my mind into positive territory. I read them every morning for several years. I offer them here, as we consider practices that support our well-being....
How to increase your sense of well-being
Well-being is the experience of health, happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and the ability to manage stress. Dr. Tchiki Davis, founder of The Berkeley Well-Being...
Mudita lifts you away from pity and envy
Mudita is a Pali word that doesn’t have a direct English translation. It is taking joy in other people’s good fortune. Phrases used to describe it include “sympathetic joy,” “appreciative joy,” and “altruistic joy.” You have probably practiced mudita in your life....
Encouraging research on sympathetic joy and how to cultivate it
“Sympathetic joy”, psychologist Jeremy Adam Smith explains, “is sometimes called appreciative joy, empathic joy, vicarious reward, or (more broadly) positive empathy.” It’s the goodness we feel when we are happy about someone else’s good fortune. If someone we...
sympathetic joy: help for life’s envious moments
I listened to the Joy Lab Podcast Episode 103. Sympathetic Joy & Emotional Contagion before writing this post. What it is The phrase “sympathetic joy” comes from a word used in Buddhism: mudita. It’s a Pali word that means “taking delight in someone else’s good...
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