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I get hung up on words. Words matter. Some of them are triggering for us. We just don’t like them. And happiness might be that word for you.
At times, I’ve struggled with how to defrost the freeze I see when some people hear that H-word. I get it. It’s loaded. And we know how particular I am about words. I’m the one who can’t stand Gratitude.
Happiness doesn’t bother me, though, but I do understand its connotations — being blissfully ignorant, toxically positive, or not the sharpest tool in the shed. Because who can be happy at a time like this?
Well…me. And, hopefully, you. But we’ll get to that in a minute.
I guess the word doesn’t bother me because I really got to know it. I got the opportunity to study it. I got the opportunity to see how it truly changed my life, for the better, in every aspect. Every one.
No, not everything is perfect or glorious, but everything is so much fucking better. That, right there, is a huge win. I love happiness. But, because not everyone has warm fuzzies for it, I needed to find a word to make this work, work better. Make it more inclusive.
I tried to come up with other terms or phrases that would accurately describe happiness for people who can’t stand that word and…oh boy.
There’s the technical term: Eudaimonic Wellbeing. And that’s clunky as fuck. Also, it’s sort of sterile in a culty way.
Then I came up with Self-Health. Which it sounds like a typo when you say it, or like my lisp is working overtime. But, it sort of made sense. When you understand happiness, you understand it’s something that you do for yourself, that you give to yourself, that you nurture from within to better yourself. It’s healthy to be happy. But even that term was a little weird.
Then it hit me: Happiness is The Ultimate Wellness. That’s much more of a bumper sticker…but it’s accurate.
Every single aspect of your life will change for the better when you go deep into your happiness, your Eudaimonic Wellbeing, your Self-Health.
BTW, If you’ve got another bit of terminology or phrase, something else you’ve come up with for it, please share it, because I’m sure it will help somebody else.
I cannot stress this enough: Being happy isn’t being blissfully ignorant. It’s not ignoring things. It’s not pretending everything is fine. And it sure as shit isn’t toxic positivity. But it is The Ultimate Wellness.
Take a step back and a deep breath in. Look at the big picture. Everything you want starts from you, within you. I know that sounds very woo, but it’s also fucking true.
All the things that you are supposed to be doing, to improve your life, to change your mindset, to expand, to be in your abundance — another word, I really don’t like, but we’ll take that on another day — is done through Happiness, through Eudaimonic Wellbeing, through Self-Health, through The Ultimate Wellness. It all starts from that. Which is already in you just waiting to be nurtured.
You know how you’re supposed to be regulating your nervous system? Well, being happy does that. You know how you’re supposed to be giving up limiting beliefs? Guess what? Being happy does that. You know how you’re supposed to reset your RAS, your reticular activation system? Yep! Happiness does that. Happiness leads to success, not the other way around.
And true happiness isn’t fleeting. It stays and coexists with other emotions. It doesn’t run away. It doesn’t fight for the spotlight. It remains while other feelings have their go.
And being truly, deeply, authentically happy is so frickin’ easy!
It really, really is. Start with the “Thank You!” Course and see for yourself. Active appreciation is the key. BTW, the course is free/pay-what-you-like.
