positivity – Happily in Progress

Together We are Resilient

Resilience is a word that people like to throw around as if it signifies far less than it does. Often people add an element of whimsy to it by saying things like “We’ll bounce back.” or grabbing a platitude like “We’ll be stronger than before.” What isn’t often discussed is that resilience takes consistent, committed, and very hard work. Resilience is yet another one of life’s many journeys that is infinitely more about the path itself than any hypothetical destination.

That’s part of what makes resilience so difficult….Read more by clicking the title or icon for this post.

Together We Are Healed

There’s a funny thing about darkness. When you are alone, it seems bigger. Stronger somehow. The same is true of secrets. When we hide them, they grow. You know, come to think of it, it works that way with a lot of things we might want to hide – how we feel, an action we regret, a mistake we’ve made. It works that way with anything that might cause shame. When we feel shame creeping silently toward our doors, we lock things down and shoo everyone away trying to make sure that when it arrives there is nobody around to see. Nobody to hear. Nobody to judge.

The problem with this tendency to hide, is that when we let these things grow, they can feel too big, too heavy, and too overwhelming to ever let go. What if…. Click the Icon or title to read more.

Mindful Monday “To Do” List

We’ve got a little #mondaymotivation coming your way. For today, allow normal “To Do” lists to take a backseat. There is no MUST that needs to govern the day. Instead, take a few minutes to complete this mindful “To Do” and let us know how well your day goes. .. Read more by clicking the icon or post title.

Together We Are Beautiful

Today we are celebrating the official public launch of the Happily in Progress brand – a brand centered around mental and physical health, things that are good for the heart and soul, and ways to bring goodness, laughter, light, and hope into the world!

And as we start out, we want to invite YOU – yes, exactly who you are, right now in this moment – to be a part of this journey with us! We know that we are all #bettertogether and that to create a community that stands for each other – reaching out with a little light and a little love – we need to celebrate the #beauty in each of us that, when acknowledged, seen, heard, and shared, draws us all together. There is beauty in our #brokenness, beauty in our #strength, beauty in our #kindness, beauty in how we #think. There is beauty in our #progress, beauty even when we fall, beauty knowing we are #notalone, beauty so personally unique, it fundamentally connects us all…Read more by clicking the title or icon!