by Hollye Dexter | Nov 22, 2014 | being fired, how to survive losing everything, losing your job, navigating disaster, positive attitude, Wayne Dyer
Author Wayne Dyer recently told a story about doing an interview at a radio station where a huge layoff had just taken place. As he walked down the halls, he saw employees packing up their offices. “Congratulations!” he called out. One of the employees responded, “You...
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 14, 2012 | Chicken Soup for the Soul, Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, gretchen rubin, happiness experiment, how to be happy, Marianne Williamson, positive attitude, The Art of Happiness, The Power of Positive, Wayne Dyer
Riding bikes at the beach makes me happy, and it’s free.It’s day 10 of my 21-day meditation challenge, and I’m feeling great. As always, when I meditate, inspired thoughts come to me, as do all the positive thoughts that I know to be true, but sometimes forget....
by Hollye Dexter | Jul 15, 2012 | Dalai Lama, how to be happy, persistence, positive attitude, Save Stitch, The Art of Happiness, the power of positive thinking
On Thursday, as many of you know, we lost a second round of court battles for custody of our dog Stitch. After three years of fighting, fundraising, campaigning…you could say I was depressed. Extremely depressed, in fact.The next morning, as I was driving to yoga, I...
by Hollye Dexter | Jun 25, 2012 | Fahrenheit 451, positive attitude, Ray Bradbury, releasing negative thoughts, ridding your life of negative energy, the power of positive thinking
I recently re-read Fahrenheit 451, on the day of Bradbury’s death. It had been probably thirty years since I’d last picked it up. In reading it now, I was disturbed by how close our society has come to what he envisioned. He described wall-sized televisions that...
by Hollye Dexter | Feb 3, 2011 | new years resolutions, optimism, positive attitude
It’s the year of The Rabbit! Anyone feel like cuddling? According to the article in the New York Times today, the year of the Rabbit is associated with tranquility. I’ve never been familiar with Chinese astrology but in the wake of 2010, I say… BRING IT! After last...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 29, 2010 | childhood, family, life lessons, motherhood, positive attitude, positive thinking
(remember how exciting it was to hear the ice cream man coming down the street?) Sometimes it feels like life is a mean big brother twisting our arms behind our backs until we say Uncle. That’s how this whole year has been – just one financial disaster after the...