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If becoming whole and happy with yourself helps in a romantic relationship with someone else, what about when it comes to meeting new friends, or…

Let’s take an example of a woman who spends a lot of her day wondering what her boyfriend is doing, looking for clues that he loves her, wondering…

Getting better at reacting to the actions of others is one thing, but one of the more difficult problems is allowing the actions of others to affe…

Frustrations from others can ruin our day — from getting angry at other drivers when they rudely cut you off, to being frustrated with your child …

If external sources of happiness aren’t constant or reliable, we should look internally instead. But what does that mean? It means finding joy in h…

It’s worth taking a moment to consider where happiness comes from. Is it from things like having someone love you, or eating a fantastic meal, or …

There was a time not too many years ago when I was addicted to cigarettes, junk food, TV, shopping, and more, while being unhappy and having relat…

One of the biggest manifestations of our fear that we’re not good enough is our belief that our bodies aren’t good enough. Very few people are happ…

When we fail at habits repeatedly, we lose trust in ourselves, don’t believe in our ability to stick to something, and feel guilty and sometimes d…

One of the biggest reasons people buy so much, and are so discontent with their lives, is advertising. Advertising creates false needs — all of a …

'Our lives are a series of fantasies — ideals and expectations — but unfortunately we’re not often aware that we’re having them. And while we …

One of the biggest sources of discontent is comparing yourself to other people, or your life to what you see others doing. Or what you’ve accompli…

then on a downward spiral, where every time you try to improve, you fail, and so you feel worse about yourself, and so on. You start to sabotage y…

And when we have these ideals, we compare ourselves to them, and we always measure up badly. The path to contentment, then, is to stop comparing o…

We start out in life thinking that we’re awesome. We can dance in public as 5-year-olds and not care what others think of us. By the time we’re ad…

my habits, it has made me a better husband, father, friend and collaborator — perhaps even a better writer. Worst of all, with the attitude of “you…

What is contentment? For me, it’s really about being happy with who you are. Which I wasn’t for many years, and I think most people are not. In my…

outcomes happen, because you don't have confidence in yourself. I could go on, with another 20 examples, but you can see how many of these pro…

10. Jealous about what other people are doing on Facebook/Instagram, worried that you're missing out: You think everyone else is having more f…

5. Afraid to meet people: You are afraid of how other people might judge you because you are not confident about who you are, because you are unha…

Almost every kind of problem we have has discontent with ourselves (and our lives) as its root. I'll repeat that for emphasis: All of our probl…

This isn't meant to be a book that you glance through and then set aside. It's also not about general philosophy or life advice. It's …