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Are You Low on Pleasure or Purpose? Finding Your Happiness Formula

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Are You Low on Pleasure or Purpose? Finding Your Happiness Formula

By Brenda Knowles|2018-09-14T11:47:10-05:00September 14th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety and Depression, Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution|Tags: delayed gratification, fulfillment, Happiness, Happiness by Design, meaning, parenting, Paul Dolan, pleasure, purpose|

Photo by Gabriel Silvério on Unsplash In his book, "Happiness by Design", Paul Dolan PhD, defines happiness as experiences of pleasure and purpose over time. Examples of pleasurable experiences might be having a drink with your spouse over dinner or watching a comedy on TV. Examples of a purposeful experiences are exercising or helping [...]

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Are You Low on Pleasure or Purpose? Finding Your Happiness Formula

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