“What you are starving for is your life!” ~Cheryl Richardson. “May you never go hungry and above all may you never know from starving for one’s life!” ~ Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share this on sphinn Share with Stumblers Tweet […]
Category Archives: Women’s Happiness
Dr. Holstein talks about ‘Staying Upbeat in a Down Economy’ on www.mainstreet.com on Jan. 29, 2009
Stacy Baker interviewed me for a major article on www.mainstreet.com on Staying Upbeat in a Down Economy. Here is the first point I made in the article: 1. Do a self-check. When your financial state hits rock bottom, so can your self-esteem, outlook and mood, says Holstein. This is the ideal time to evaluate […]
Worrying about Financial Loss? Seven Pointers to Still Sleep at Night and Be Happy
Lots of people are worried in today’s economy. Some are faced with actual loss of jobs and/or houses, or retirements, while others are trembling about what might happen. None of this makes for restful sleep or an upbeat demeanor, nor feelings of hope and optimism, let alone feeling ‘happy’. So as a positive psychologist who […]
RECIPES FOR ENCHANTMENT, part 3
In my new book RECIPES FOR ENCHANTMENT, The Secret Ingredient is YOU!, I talk about so many occasions when people took positive actions and then had the pleasant rewarding experience of positive feelings. These positive feelings varied from person to person yet included the whole spectrum of well being, including joyousness, contentment, satisfaction, pleasure and […]
RECIPES FOR ENCHANTMENT, part 2
How do we take all the moments of life that are often repetitive and ordinary, and turn them into captivating personal times? One way is through optimizing our own sense of well being. This internal state is particularly reactive to our emotional and physical states of health. For instance, I remember occasions when good things […]
New Year Resolution: Be True to Yourself and Help Your Daughter to Be True to Herself
My wish for you on New Year’s Eve is that the one resolution you will really keep this year, even more than your diet, is to be true to yourself. And if you have a daughter, help and encourage her to be true to herself. I wrote The Truth (I’m a girl, I’m smart and […]
Finding Joy after Relationships Fail
Maureen states, “I didn’t want the book to end. I want to find to what happens to the girl!” Come and listen to this lively conversation about the psychology behind The Truth (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything). Archives: Finding Joy after Relationships Fail with Maureen Staiano – Contact Talk Radio Bookmark […]
The Truth is that The Truth (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything) contains within it The Enchanted Self.
The Truth is that The Truth (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything), my new book, contains within it the same truths that make up The Enchanted Self. At first you might not believe that, as my first book The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy was for women and clinicians. This book is for […]