Is Happiness Really a Choice?

Watch this video to hear a little bit about my personal struggle with this concept, how I got through it and how you can take better care of yourself when it gets challenging to choose happiness.
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Young woman reaching hand towards sun
Young woman reaching hand towards sun

In my latest video I break down the concept that happiness is a choice. For years in the self-help world I have been told this in so many different ways, and oftentimes I have used this concept as a way to beat myself down if I am not able to rise above my sadness, negative feelings, or discomfort enough to choose happiness. Watch this video to hear a little bit about my personal struggle with this concept, how I got through it and how you can take better care of yourself when it gets challenging to choose happiness.

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