Emiliya Zhivotovskaya

A tall man stands in front of the room holding up a half a human cranium (which eerily resembles the bowl from which I ate my Thai food the night before). This Tibetan Skull Cup is used in Tantric Buddhist rituals to symbolize impermanence and a quest for an empty mind. This symbol sets the tone for the evening’s lecture. Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.php

What do you do when bad things happen to you? More importantly, how do you explain why that bad thing has happened to you? Do you tell yourself that bad thing happened because you have rotten luck? Or that it�s all your fault and you never get things right?

Mahatma Ghandi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” What if research were to show that people can effect enormous positive changes in their lives and in the lives of others using a tool they have with them at all times - their smile?

Have you ever been: * So nervous that you made your stomach churn? * So excited about something that you could hardly sit still? * So worried you wound up sick over it? Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.php

Have you ever been: * So nervous that you made your stomach churn? * So excited about something that you could hardly sit still? * So worried you wound up sick over it? Discover scientifically proven techniques for increasing your happiness, optimism and life satisfaction. Please go to: http://flourishwithemiliya.com/Test/gen-step1.php

Human beings are creatures of habit. We look for patterns, routines and shortcuts to maximize our expended energy. The need for speed also leads to increased desire for immediate gratification. In an age of e-mail, on-line shopping and textmessaging it is easy to get sucked into wanting things to happen quickly, and if they don’t, it’s easy to give up.

Ever been on a fad diet where you lost weight real quick and then gain it back even quicker? That is what happens when the approach is devoid of substance and iis not grounded to reality. The same happens with happiness. Many things might bring you temporary joy or positive emotions but after a while you return to baseline or lower. Just over a decade ago, a new field emerged addressing this very issue.