happiness

I recently became very strangely envious of a good friend of mine. She's taken up pottery, and now appears with a stunning new bowl or vase every time I see her. Her face just glows when she takes her recent creation out of her bag, and we all coo over her accomplishment.

My friend Nini is one of those energetic, positive people you want in your life. She’s a warm-hearted fast talker who shares sometimes funny, sometimes moving stories, at rapid fire.

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.

Finding happiness after divorce is difficult. It can be made even more difficult when your ex is a world-famous musician, or in this case, Vince Neil, former front man of heavy metal band Motley Crue.

Happiness guru Gretchen Rubin shares thoughts on why people accumulate so much.