Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2014 - Featuring Louise Hay | Page 13

CONTENTS Relationships 48 TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP: FEARLESSNESS: THE IRONIC KEY TO HAPPINESS! by Stacey Martino If you are not currently happy with any area of your life it’s because you are NOT living fearlessly in that area of your life. Pain is just the universe telling you that you need to GROW here. Personal growth and a magnificent life REQUIRES you to live fearlessly. You need to continually break through your current comfort zone into your next one to experience true happiness. Practice being fearless. You’ve got this! “Think about what made you happy as a child and rediscover it. It’s who you were meant t0 be.” CAROLYN FRITH 51 THE FIVE BEST GIFTS TO GIVE YOUR FAMILY by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. When we think of giving gifts, we usually think of things to buy for people. Yet, if you think back on gifts you’ve been given, it might not be the material gifts you received that are foremost in your mind – it might be the kind of gifts that deeply touched your heart and soul. It might be various ways people expressed their love to you. Learn about the five gifts of love we can give to our families that can make a huge difference in their lives. Career | Business 56 THE ENERGY OF HAPPINESS by Christy Whitman Throughout our entire lives we all construct notions of what happiness means to us, refined through shared experiences with lovers, children and friends. Meanwhile, at the same time we are forming our own ideas often influenced by ready-made definitions of happiness that we receive from the media and popular culture which at some level we feel compelled to accept. With so many conflicting viewpoints about what happiness is, is it any wonder that so many find it difficult to attain? So, is it possible to “choose” happiness? You bet. 13