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“As I started to allow my emotions, I relaxed into my own body and developed a new confidence.”
― Tamara Lechner

“there are already approximately 40,000 books published on how to be happy—but as a species we are not getting happier. Another thing I’ve noticed is that despite many scientists studying happiness, there are few actually implementing the findings. Although many researchers know the statistics, the validity, the opposing research and the ongoing studies, these happiness experts don’t look or sound happier than average.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“One of my favorite definitions of happiness comes from Sonja Lyubomirsky, a researcher whose team devotes their time to studying human happiness. Sonja says happiness is “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive wellbeing, combined with the sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“My anxiety was probably not at all helpful to my mom’s struggle. It was telling me that something was wrong. I heard its signal; I just didn’t interpret it correctly. Anxiety speaks a language that is hard to hear.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Anxiety speaks a language that is hard to hear.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“If happiness were a matter of genetics alone, I believe that I would have a genetic predisposition for unhappiness.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Tthe words we choose create the life we live. When you say that sad, angry, disappointed or frustrated are “fine”, eventually your physiology will be tricked into believing it’s true.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Think of your purpose as your pulse. As a healthy human in a single layer of clothing, you can find your pulse in many places on your body. Now, imagine that every layer of expectation from family, friends, and society is like putting on another layer of clothing. Years of hearing how smart you are can feel like another sweater. The casual comment that you aren’t great at maths is like a ski suit. The hidden biases you have learned from television and pop culture are like wearing a wetsuit. Now try finding your pulse. Not so easy!”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“While purpose may or may not be static over time, when a life is purpose-driven, it is rarely static.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Relationships have the greatest impact on our happiness. There is an energy that exists between humans that increases connection and allows for us to feel stronger, happier, more centered and grounded when we have a sense of belonging.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“It is a common misconception that the opposite of connected is lonely. You can be alone without feeling loneliness. The converse is also true: you can be surrounded by people and yet feel all alone.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Kindness begins when you initiate an action for the good of another without expecting anything in return.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Letting go of the past means opening up to the future, and sometimes the unknown is scarier than the past.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“. Detachment reveals the great paradox of life: In order to acquire something, you have to relinquish your attachment to having it.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“arrives last. Once you hit the top, it doesn’t matter how you got there.
The concrete steps to changing a belief require identifying the belief, examining it, deciding that it is no longer useful and then replacing the old belief with a new one.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“If you remove a belief and leave nothing in its place, your circuit is not complete and it is difficult to process anything through the circuit. If you put a new belief into the circuit, it remains whole.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“In the realm of happiness, you need to make a conscious effort to bring the inner source of who you are into alignment with the choices you make to define yourself.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“The true gift of becoming more self-aware is the ability to know who you are, and like yourself because of that and not in spite of it. That is a real happiness reset.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“Gratitude forges bonds between people. When you express your gratitude or when you receive gratefully, it increases the connection of a relationship.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“External order never fixes internal chaos.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“If you are always successful, you aren’t being brave enough.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“You are not defined by your worst moment.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy

“You have both the right and the obligation to disrupt beliefs that don’t serve a greater good.”
― Tamara Lechner, The Happiness Reset - What To Do When Nothing Makes You Happy