HeyJaredHappiness Practices with Phil Gerbyshak
The Happiness Practices are simple, human ways of slowing down enough to notice, feel, and savoring what already makes life good.
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Seeing the World My Way: Life as Someone Who’s Shade-Blind (opens the original)
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Most people move through the world assuming that what they see is what everyone else sees. Shades make sense. Hues line up. Color differences feel obvious and intuitive. But for those of us who are shade blind—or “color deficient,” the more official term—the world works a little differently. Not wrong. Not broken. Just…different.I didn’t always know that. As a kid growing up in Crivitz, Wisconsin, I just assumed my eyes worked the way everyone else’s did. I didn’t have a reason to question it. T
15 Tiny Things That Make a Big Difference in the World (opens the original)
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We tend to think impact requires something big—grand gestures, heroic effort, sweeping programs that change thousands of lives. But here’s the truth I come back to again and again, Phil: the world is mostly shaped by the tiny decisions we make hour by hour.It’s the small kindnesses that stick.The micro-moments.The things anyone can do, anywhere, with whatever energy they have left.These little acts of goodness don’t just help others—they lift you too. They bring a bit of warmth to an otherwise g
The Best Investment You'll Ever Make (opens the original)
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Want to know what the number one predictor of long-term health and happiness is?According to a Harvard study, the largest study ever done on happiness, the number one predictor of long-term health and happiness wasn’t diet and exercise. It wasn’t how much money you made, and you aren’t genetically predisposed to it.The number one predictor of long-term health and happiness is the quality of our relationships.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn
Gratitude Isn’t a List. It’s a Way of Seeing. (opens the original)
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I’ve kept gratitude journals.I’ve written down three good things.I’ve said thank you.I’ve tried to remember how lucky I am.And all of those things can help.But I think we sometimes turn gratitude into another assignment.Drink more water.Exercise.Get enough sleep.Meditate.Eat your vegetables.Write down three things you’re grateful for.Congratulations. Gratitude is now somewhere between flossing and taking your vitamins.That misses the point.Because I don’t think the goal is to get better at pract
Happiness Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Foundation. (opens the original)
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Most happiness advice sounds something like this:Try this habit.Shift your mindset.Practice gratitude.Do more of what makes you happy.And honestly? Some of it helps.But here’s what I kept noticing—in my own life, in conversations with burned-out professionals, and in quiet moments with students and friends:You can do all the “right” happiness things and still feel exhausted, disconnected, and fragile.That’s when it finally clicked.The problem isn’t effort.It’s the foundation.We’ve Been Taught to
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