The Happiness Trap: Happiness for the Rest of Us

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The Happiness Trap: Happiness for the Rest of Us

A frustrated victim of motivational speakers, Arena begins her look at the happiness industry with us while reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. She will take us back to a Millionaire Mind Seminar where her quest to live her dreams brought her to a standstill with debt, legal trouble, and living in her worst nightmare - geographically, even.

Amy Arena holds a B.A. in American Studies from San Francisco State University. A respected actress and world-renown singer (at least underground) , Arena has written several peer-appreciated, but not-yet-produced plays, has published poetry and won awards for her short stories on websites that no longer exist, and produced an album that she can't afford to hype with the finesse of the happiness experts.

  • Freedom from my Flaws

    Several weeks ago I yanked some hair out to send to the UK for allergy testing.  I’m so sick of being sick, but more than that, I’m sick of getting RASHES.  What in the hell.  No, not there.  I get them on my arms and face you jerk wad.

    Every day I come home to check the mail with hopes of finding out what in the hell is wrong with me!  This morning it arrived in my email and I couldn’t be happier!  Being able to solve your own problems is probably one of the most satisfying life experiences one can have.  Now, I have plenty of problems, true, but now I can conquer one that’s been thorny for me for about a decade.  Moreover, this is going alleviate a lot of woes like moodiness, low energy, slipping self-esteem when my skin has reactions, the misery of not breathing, and the uneasiness of being at a party and having to utter the words, “I don’t know if I should really eat that.” 

    Cool.  Also, I will never have to eat a water cress diet and suffer that awful “elimination diet” again!!!!  WHOO HOO!  Talk about misery.  If you think you knowing your own sensitivities are might boost your quality of life and you don’t have the several grand to run an allergy test in the US, the link to this is below.  The only thing that sucks is that I’m apparently sensitive to cacao and garlic, two of my favorite things ;)  Joyfully, my list is relatively very small. 

    Oh, joyous day!

    http://www.testyourintoleranceusa.com/Order-Your-One-Step-Test.html

    Tagged: allergies, happiness food sensitivity food sensitivities

    Posted on April 20, 2011 with 3 notes

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