How a book on separation inspired this author to focus on making marriage work.
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I’ll be honest: the idea of therapy has often been attractive to me, not least because I like the idea of going somewhere midday and lying on a couch. But today the types of therapy available are changing.
At 26, Cheryl Strayed was dealing with the death of her mother, the collapse of her marriage, and a broken compass. And so she went to the woods, by herself, to seek out healing.
Sean Meshorer is the author of The Bliss Experiment: 28 Days to Personal Transformation. Here, he explains the difference between being happy and being blissful, and offers an exercise to both instantly boost your bliss and use as a long-term coping strategy when conflicts arise:
When Oprah says something we listen: you should keep a gratitude journal. And while I don't keep one in a conventional format, I do stop periodically and remind myself of the things that make me happy and how lucky I am to have them...and it works.
