Barbara Demone https://www.barbarademone.com/ Good Morning, Life! Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:39:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 182790552 My New Year’s gift to you https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/ https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2024 02:03:13 +0000 https://barbarademone.com/?p=5006 It’s the beginning of a new year and I wish you a happy year. I have a gift for you that I hope will help it be so. Although we may not have met, know that you’re important. As you’re reading this, and if you’ve read Good Morning, Life! or any of my social media...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/feed/ 1 5006 “This is Torture” and How Perspectives Impact Happiness https://www.barbarademone.com/this-is-torture-and-how-perspectives-impact-happiness/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:52:52 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=4314 “This is torture”, I heard from the woman standing next to me. I was standing in line waiting for food at a Wendy’s restaurant in the Montego Bay airport. The woman beside me was visibly annoyed due to the long wait. The words struck me like a bolt. I’m aware of the negativity bias we...

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]]> 4314 The Courage to be Disliked https://www.barbarademone.com/the-courage-to-be-disliked/ https://www.barbarademone.com/the-courage-to-be-disliked/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2023 01:10:06 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=3992 I’ve learned from research that as social beings, connection and feelings of belonging are strong drivers for our happiness. So when a friend introduced me to the book The Courage to be Disliked, which claims to change our life and show us how to achieve real happiness, I was intrigued. I dove into the book...

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]]> 1868 Purpose – Part 2: Aligning purpose and happiness for success https://www.barbarademone.com/purpose-part-2-aligning-purpose-and-happiness-for-success/ Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:37:20 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1709 With a clear purpose and vision, our life and business can soar and happiness can be at the core. In Part 1 I shared my personal vision statement as we dove into the importance of being clear on our purpose and its relation to happiness and success in life. Just like individuals, a company’s success...

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]]> 1709 Purpose – Part 1: What’s your end game? https://www.barbarademone.com/purpose-part-1-whats-your-end-game/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:45:17 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1681 With a clear purpose and vision our life and business can soar, and happiness can be at the core. I just finished reading the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, the late CEO of Zappos.com. Zappos is a successful company (purchased by Amazon in 2009 for $1.2 billion) known for its workplace culture, where happiness...

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]]> 1681 Love like you love your cat https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/ https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2022 22:02:12 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1341 This Valentine’s Day my cat Jackie reminds me what unconditional love is and the importance of having an open heart. As I woke up and reached over to stroke my cat Jackie’s furry coat and gently kiss his head while he purred softly, a feeling of unconditional love washed over me. I wondered aloud, how...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/feed/ 2 1341 I want to be happy. Where do I start? https://www.barbarademone.com/i-want-to-be-happy-where-do-i-start/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:39:05 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1285 A friend recently confided that she doesn’t feel as happy as she’d like to be in her life. She hasn’t been feeling at her best and wants to be happier. Her question to me was simple, “Where do I start?”. I told her, “You’ve already started! The first step is the awareness that you are...

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]]> 1285 The dance of a lifetime https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/ https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:14:12 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1254 I don’t think I truly realized how much I love to dance until I was much older in life. As a kid my mom enrolled me and my siblings in Scottish highland dance lessons. My sisters and I would practice by dancing around rulers at home. It was fun but felt like work, as it...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 2 1254 How I learned to tame my anxious energy https://www.barbarademone.com/how-i-learned-to-tame-my-anxious-energy/ https://www.barbarademone.com/how-i-learned-to-tame-my-anxious-energy/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:50:00 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1236 I realized that I have an anxious energy problem during my first coaching experience. It came early in my career when my company had a Life Coach, Joshua Zuchter, come in to deliver a wellness session. He was engaging, insightful and full of optimism, hope and positivity. When he offered a complimentary one-on-one coaching session,...

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