Tag Archives: Happiness is an Inside Job

By Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness There are essentially two different kinds of people in the world: the ones that express their feelings, letting out everything that bothers them, whether it be to a diary, a friend, or even a random passerby, and those that bury their feelings deep within....

By Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness Since what seems like the beginning of time, people attempting to diffuse disagreements have told people wrapped up in the quarrel that “there are two sides to every story.” The result usually goes something like this: One person in the argument is more emotional...

By Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness The human body is full of hidden glands hard at work communicating and controlling our body’s responses to what’s going on around us. When our temperature spikes out of control, the hypothalamus saves the day, returning us to homeostasis. The thymus is our go-to...

By Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness Have you noticed the bad rap that emotion has been getting lately? Every time you flip on the TV, watch a movie or turn the page in a book, it seems like the emotional character is labeled as the irrational one who’s not strong...

By Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness I’ve got a bit of news for those of you who haven’t seen the mudslinging TV ads, heard the accusatory radio spots or spotted the big, bold signs on every street corner: It’s an election year. From now until November, presidential politics will likely...