Three Beasts
A poem by Kelly Stone Cramer One late warm autumn day I went for a walk in the thick of the woods. Ignoring my pounding head, I was lured...
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Something's reawakened -- and just in the (Saint) nick of time
This past year I stepped away from Happiness Recharge. When I did this, I didn't know if it would be permanent or short-lived. But today...
Allowing for a new direction
Just like sunflowers naturally pivot their flower heads in the direction of the sun to get the most sunlight, we cannot prevent our own...
No positivity found. Except...
As the creator of Happiness Recharge, it’s been my mission to encourage others to Recharge themselves with self-care and rejuvenating...
Sometimes the key to restoration is TIME
I wish there was a secret shortcut to share with you about the best way to recharge. I recently discovered that sometimes there is no...
How to make time for relaxation
Life can be a chaotic storm of emotions and experiences. It can also be blissful and euphoric. Whatever the state, you will benefit...
How to pause to find/relearn purpose
In our unending fast-pace way of life, it's easy to feel the need to always be doing something. Sometimes the doing can be good things...
How I removed an energy drainer
I had been feeling more lethargic during my down time these past few months. At first, I thought my energy was low because of the state...
The path to recharging is led by you
I am feeling fully recharged today. If those words trigger you with jealousy, I don’t take it personally, but maybe you should. It might...
Protect & recharge your energy core today
The hemorrhaging loss we experienced yesterday from COVID deaths and the violent attack on democracy from a misguided group of rioters...
THANK YOU! (healthcare workers and others who serve the greater good)
So much of what we have seen this year has been like residual pond scum either rising to the surface from days past or new filth that has...
Revealing an unseen hope
I hope you’re one of the lucky ones who is either recovering or safe from the 2020 scourge. There is no such thing as being untouched by...
Rejecting today’s “normal”-- by a loving optimist
While I acknowledge and witness the world’s backdrop of today, I reject accepting it as something that resembles anything that is normal...
Quick! Gimme an outlet to recharge!
I often see faces with gaping stares, looks of shock, and ghost-like cloaks. I am not talking about Halloween movies or living in a...
De-energized? What are you going to do about it?
Energy, the most valuable force in our existence. Energy is transferable in meaning in multiple ways, like eating food to give our bodies...
Having a moral compass can expand our (& others’) happiness
The world's darkness can also add lightness if we pay attention to how we as individuals can make a positive difference. This year we...
How we shape the new normal
Regardless of the hate we've witnessed this year, we must shine our light into the shadowed corners of the world. Doing so will counter...
2020 can't hold our happiness hostage
So much of the 2020 havoc has broken my heart more than once this year. I’ve been trying a new approach to cope in this past month that...
Building a new normal with gratitude
When we are grateful that our most basic needs are satisfied, we can free ourselves from yearning for excess. That is what I felt when I...
Persevering through havoc
We have been weathering so many metaphorical storms in 2020 that it has turned into something cataclysmic. It is similar to what happens...
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