Selected Articles
Betsy's articles at ezinearticles.com:
The Necessity Of Gratitude
This brief article talks about some of the gratitude techniques that have been developed over the course of doing research into the topic of happiness. It as well discusses why gratitude activities are important to include in your life.
Passionate Writing
Does passion precede writing? Is passion necessary to begin writing? Does passion emerge from doing the writing? These are the questions addressed in this article.
Happiness Is Real
Happiness is a topic that has been receiving a lot of attention lately. This brief article talks about the achievability of happiness as well as some techniques that will will you get there.
Book Review - The How Of Happiness
The book review focuses on the key features of Sonja Lyubomirsky's new book, THE HOW OF HAPPINESS. The key features are the diagnostic, manageability of the approach, and background research.
The Writer's Audience?
This article talks about the kinds of audiences you may have for your writing. As well it discusses visualizing your audience to help with the writing. And, what to do if you don't have an audience.
Breathe And Write
This article focuses on the value of breathing for your writing. It addresses what breathing is and how it works to enhance your writing.
When You're Not Writing, Then What?
This article addresses what to do when you're not writing. It acknowledges that there will be non-writing times, but they are not non-productive times.
Write What You Know
The article addresses what it means to write what you know. The more you write what you know the more you can write.
Put Your Saboteur On A Shelf
This articles identifies the saboteurs who attempt to interfere with our writing and what we can do about them. Metaphorically or in reality we can put them "on a shelf."
Visualizing A Writing Future
The article is about visualizing a writing future as a way to help move you towards your writing goals. You will find vignettes as well as a way to maximize the effect of the visualizing.
Creating a Writing Space
How can a writer write without a defined writing space? It is not generally possible. The articles discusses this and examines how having a designated writing spaces helps the writing process.
Book Review - Happier By Tal Ben-Shahar
This book review highlights the important themes in Tal Ben-Shahar's new small guide book HAPPIER.
The Magical Key To Unlocking Writer's Block
This article briefly discusses an essential key to unlocking writer's block. It provides some examples as well as motivation for the writer within to continue writing.
The Key To A Successful Life Coaching Relationship
This article identifies the key elements in a successful life coaching relationship, and therefore, what the coach and the client need to be aware of not only in the interviewing process, but in working in an ongoing life coaching relationship.
Different Perspectives
Looking at a situation from different perspectives can help solve a problem or satisfy curiosity. It also also can help you become unstuck. The article looks at a strategy for taking a different perspective as well as different perspectives it is possible to use.
Preventing Interpersonal Shipwrecks
Ffeature article in the October 31, 2006 issue of The All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide™ which focuses on ways to help its readers more readily overcome the roadblocks that often seem to stand in the way of completing the dissertation.