by Hollye Dexter | Apr 3, 2015 | Easter, Fire Season, Grief, hope through adversity, how to be happy, overcoming adversity, passover, star wars, the power of positive thinking, The ten plagues, when bad things happen to good people
It’s Good Friday today, although I seriously doubt Jesus would have called it that. Talk about a bad day. With Passover and Easter upon us, I thought I’d share my own tale of the seven plagues. Or is it ten? I don’t know. I just know that recently Troy and I seemed to...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 11, 2014 | happiness experiment, Harvard, how to be happy, Oprah, Shaun Achor
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could simply download happiness into our brains? According to Harvard researchers, that actually might not be so far-fetched. Though our experiences in life shape us, we are all born with a certain type of temperament....
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 13, 2013 | 21 Day Meditation Challenge, Deepak Chopra, how to be happy, meditation, Oprah, positive thinking, the power of love, Women's Leadership Legacy Conference
“When your actions are inspired by love, you can do less and accomplish more because all of nature is held together by the nature of love.” -Deepak ChopraWhat do you think? True or not?I’m willing to give it a try.I signed up for Deepak...
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 5, 2013 | how to be happy, Oprah, positive thinking, Rob Bell, Stephen Pressman, Super Soul Sunday, the power of positive thinking, the power of words, Yes Man
Years ago, my husband Troy (a professional musician/composer) took a comedy improv class. For him, it was like bungee jumping– saying yes to something that scared him. He ended up staying in the program and performing every Friday night for over a year, and sees...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 28, 2013 | answered prayers, how to be happy, life lessons, positive thinking, reclaiming joy, ridding your life of negative energy
–>Letting Go of What Doesn’t Serve Me:Recently I read a story about a nun who had prayed every day for 30 years for God to take away a lifelong problem she’d had. Finally, one morning as she was praying once again, she heard a gentle voice in her head- I...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 25, 2013 | answered prayers, gratitude, how to be happy, life lessons, positive thinking, prayer, ridding your life of negative energy
–>”We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”-Albert EinsteinFor months now, I have been in a funk. And then I got sick of it. This is how it started.All year I had been looking forward to summer. I was...