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How to Cope

November 7, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader,  During these last three months, I have been writing Letters to Voters. My partner and I wrote 1500 letters to Americans across the country and abroad. This activity kept our anxiety at bay. It was our form of door-knocking. Yesterday’s election results were not what we hoped for. Like many, we were heartbroken […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Newsflash Tagged With: Catherine Price, coping strategies, How to Break Up with Your Phone, How to Feel Alive with Catherine Price, Jenna Abdou, Jennifer Aader, Jill De Haan, Jon Kabat-Zinn, resilience, Serenity Prayer

The Year of Delight

January 1, 2024 By Carol

When the World Feels Dark, Seek Out Delight By Catherine Price Here’s an idea for the new year: Let’s make 2024 the year of delight. Does that sound ridiculous, given the state of the world right now? Hear me out. The basic premise of a delight practice (which I learned about in the essay collection […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, News clipping, Special Occasions Tagged With: accentuate the positive, Catherine Price, expressing appreciation, Gratitude practices, How to Feel Alive Newsletter, loneliness epidemic, savoring, Seek Out Delight, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, The Power of Fun, When the World Feels Dark

The “Quarantine Challenge”

March 30, 2020 By Carol

  How are you managing to make sense of this COVID-19 global pandemic? I confess, I haven’t written a single letter in a long time. I feel so bummed-out by the coronavirus situation, the different government responses to it, the massive layoffs, and the resultant, ever-increasing world-wide death toll. I am overwhelmed AND often paralyzed […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, Journaling, Newsflash, Special Occasions Tagged With: balance, calm, Catherine Price, chaos, checking the news, community, coronavirus, COVID-19, global pandemic, How to Break Up with Your Phone, letter writing, panic mode, pen in hand, Screen Life/Balance, social distancing, The Quarantine Challenge, world-wide death toll

9 billion phone checks a day*

September 5, 2018 By Carol

Ever wonder how much time you spend checking your phone on a daily basis?  And how much does that all add up to in hours and minutes? In a recent survey of 8,000 people, the “Average daily screentime usage” was 3 hours.  Most people spend between 1-4 hours on their phones. If you spend a […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, News clipping Tagged With: Adam Alter, average daily screentime, Catherine Price, Dan Harris, face-to-face conversation, Good Morning America, have a meal without your phone interrupting, how to break the pattern, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Irresistible, Miguel Porlan, New York Times, phone checks, smartphone, walk in Nature, write a thank you note

Mr. Boddington to the Rescue!

August 20, 2018 By Carol

Teaching kids to hand-write letters the old-fashioned way, might sound like a step backward to some, but there are plenty of good reasons to encourage this effort. Let me count the ways… Within these last few years many published scientific studies have emerged warning us of the downside of our highly technological lifestyle. Aside from their […]

Filed Under: Pen pals, Projects for Kids, Stationery Tagged With: Addicted to Your Phone? You're Not Alone, American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, attention economy, babysitting our kids, Bianca Bosker, boredom, Catherine Price, communication skills, depression and anxiety, Digital Sabbaths, Dr. John Vallance, e-experiences, empathy, executive function, face-to-face conversation, FOMO, Glow Kids, How to Break Up with Your Phone, impulse control, instant connectivity, Internet Addiction Disorder, iPad, iPhone, Johann Hari, journals, letter writing, Lost Connections, mindfulness meditation, Mr. Boddington, nature immersion, Nicholas Kardaras, screen time, Secret Society of Letter Writers, Steve Jobs, Sydney Grammar, Tristan Harris

Giving Thanks

November 26, 2015 By Carol

Happy Thanksgiving! Did you know that happiness and gratitude go hand-in-hand? Happy people are more grateful, and folks that express gratitude tend to be happier! Research states that being thankful can boost your “happiness index” by 25%. What’s the “happiness index?” Think of a mood meter based upon your genetic disposition and early family circumstances. […]

Filed Under: Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: Abraham/Hicks, appreciation, Ask and It Is Given, attention muscles, Authentic Happiness, Catherine Price, concrete document, Ester and Jerry Hicks, gratitude, Gratitude list, Gratitude: A Journal, handwritten thank you notes, happiness index, Look for the good, Martin E. Seligman, mood meter, negative bias, Oprah Winfrey, outlook for danger, positive psychology, Rampage of Appreciation, small details, Thanksgiving, Well-Being

Gratitude: A Journal

January 30, 2011 By Carol

January 30, 2011 Tired of doom and gloom?  Winter doldrums got you down?  Here’s a journal- guaranteed to lift your spirits. As a personal challenge, Catherine Price experimented with exercises in positive thinking.  She noticed gratitude was an underlying theme, and was thus inspired to create this journal. “Taking time to reflect on the things we are […]

Filed Under: Journaling Tagged With: Catherine Price, daily good fortune, daily record, Gratitude: A Journal, happier & healthier life, inspiring quotes, keepsake journal, life's abundance, lift your spirits, little blessings, saying "grace"

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