inSPIREd happiness

“Being happy never goes out of style.”

- Lily Pulitzer

So many factors can contribute to our overall happiness and sense of satisfaction with life. Family. Friends. Career. Health. We know what makes us happy, but we also know what can prevent our happiness from sticking around. Family. Friends. Career. Health. So while those factors can contribute to our happiness and lack thereof, there are certain factors within our control that can allow us to focus on creating more happiness and less drama in our lives, giving us a better sense of wellbeing.

In his latest book “Happiness Studies,” Harvard lecturer Tal Ben-Sharar incorporates the work of philosophers, theologians, biologists, economists, and scholars from other disciplines to help paint a better picture of what it means to live a happier life and how to actually attain and sustain more happiness in our lives. He created the SPIRE framework which relates to our Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Relational and Emotional wellbeing. These are the facets of our lives we have the ability to develop to create more happiness and less drama, especially as it relates to family, friends, career and health.

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It seems the more we have a handle on our SPIRE, the better we are able to regulate our response to those outside factors that threaten our happiness and wellbeing. SPIRE focuses on…