Hardwiring Happiness: Thrive Book Club Part 2

[People] ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, grief, despondency, and lamentations. —Hippocrates In the book Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way, author Dan Buettner says one of the powerful forces that can often deter each of us from authentic happiness is our brain’s hardwiring. Our brains… Read More

Of Love, Happiness, and Romeo and Juliet

Happiness does not come automatically. It is not a gift that good fortune bestows upon us and a reversal of fortune takes back. It depends on us alone.One does not become happy overnight, but with patient labor, day after day. Happiness is constructed, and that requires effort and time. In order to become happy, we… Read More

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way Giveaway

A must-read for living happier! —Dr. Oz. Learn the Secrets from the World’s Happiest People What makes us authentically happy? Apparently it’s not wealth, youth, beauty, or awards, says Dan Buettner, longevity expert and author of The New York Times bestseller, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. In… Read More

Create Your Moai

Welcome to La Vie en Bleu a series where I share what Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones, reveals as powerful and simple lessons that can help put anyone on the path to a healthier and happier life. We continue with the ninth and final lesson from the Blue Zones, five unique communities that have common elements of diet, lifestyle… Read More

Family First

Welcome to La Vie en Bleu a series where I share what Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones, reveals as powerful and simple lessons that can help put anyone on the path to a healthier and happier life. We continue with the eighth of nine lessons from the Blue Zones, five unique communities that have common elements of diet, lifestyle… Read More

Get Involved

Welcome to La Vie en Bleu a series where I share what Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones, reveals as powerful and simple lessons that can help put anyone on the path to a healthier and happier life. We continue with the seventh of nine lessons from the Blue Zones, five unique communities that have common elements of diet, lifestyle… Read More