Live Each Day

by Jim McCarthy

  15. D.M. Stone, T. R. Simon, K. A. Fowler and Scott R. Kegler, et al. “Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide — 27 States,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 67, no. 22 (June 8, 2018): 617–24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6722a1.

  16. “Excessive Sleepiness,” National Sleep Foundation, accessed January 2, 2019, https://www.sleepfoundation.org/excessivesleepiness/content/the-complex-relationship-between-sleep-depression-anxiety.

  17. Anthony Bourdain, “Anthony Bourdain on the Haiti episode of ‘No Reservations’” Television Academy Foundation Interviews, YouTube video, 1:00, published January 7, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTVDhIHiiA.

  18. Anderson Cooper, “Anthony Bourdain Dies At The Age Of 61,” CNN, transcript of broadcast airing June 8, 2018, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1806/08/acd.01.html.

  Chapter Five

  1. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, review of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, ed. Sahm Venter, New York Times, July 10, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/books/review/nelson-mandela-prison-letters-sahm-venter.html.

  2. “State of Homelessness,” National Alliance to End Homelessness, accessed January 2, 2019, https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-report/.

  3. Matthew Walker, “Why We Sleep,” YouTube video, published August 14, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d583swchPA .

  4. Honoré de Balzac, Old Goriot, in The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, ed. Charles W. Eliot (New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1917), para. 702.

  5. Judith Rubin, ed., Theme Index: Museum Index 2017, (Themed Entertainment Association, 2017), 10, http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_268_653730_180517.pdf.

  6. “Improving Heart Health Is Also Good for Your Brain,” Harvard Health (blog) Harvard Health Publishing, November 2014, https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/improving-heart-health-is-also-good-for-your-brain-

  7. Powdthavee, “Putting a Price Tag” (see chap. 3, n. 25).

  8. Dacher Keltner, “Why Do We Feel Awe?” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, May 10, 2016, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_do_we_feel_awe.

  9. Ibid.

  10. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (New York: Harper Collins e-books, 2009), intro., location 211, Kindle.

  11. Ibid., chap. 3, location 1205.

  12. Ibid., chap. 3, location 1255.

  13. Ibid., chap. 2, location 958.

  14. Ibid., chap. 3, location 1196.

  15. Contributor to Fight Mediocrity, animated book review of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, YouTube video, published June 19, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h6IMYRoCZw.

  16. Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, intro., location 201.

  17. James Clear, “The Goldilocks Rule: How to Stay Motivated in Life and Business,” JamesClear.com, accessed January 2, 2019, https://jamesclear.com/goldilocks-rule.

  18. Veronique Greenwood, “The Longevity Project: Decades of Data Reveal Paths to Long Life,” The Atlantic, March 10, 2011, https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/03/the-longevity-project-decades-of-data-reveal-paths-to-long-life/72290/.

  Chapter Six

  1. Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 20-21 (see chap. 3, n. 4).

  2. Jon Gertner, “The Futile Pursuit of Happiness,” New York Times Magazine, September 7, 2003, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/magazine/the-futile-pursuit-of-happiness.html.

  3. Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 21 (see chap. 3, n. 4).

  4. Ibid., 6.

  Chapter Seven

  1. Wikiquote contributors, “Reinhold Niebuhr,” Wikiquote, accessed January 3, 2019, https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Reinhold_Niebuhr&oldid=2419736.

  2. Fred R. Shapiro, “Who Wrote the Serenity Prayer?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 28, 2014, https://www.chronicle.com/article/Who-Wrote-the-Serenity-Prayer-/146159/.

  3. Wikiquote, “Niebuhr.”

  Chapter Eight

  1. “Unambitious Loser With Happy, Fulfilling Life Still Lives in Hometown,” The Onion, July 23, 2013, http://www.theonion.com/articles/unambitious-loser-with-happy-fulfilling-life-still,33233/.

  2. Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough, “Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 84, no. 2 (2003): 387.

  3. Stanford University Roundtable, “Are You Happy Now?” (see chap. 4, n.1).

  4. Royal Society for Public Health, Status of Mind: Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Well-Being, accessed January 3, 2019, https://www.rsph.org.uk/uploads/assets/uploaded/62be270a-a55f-4719-ad668c2ec7a74c2a.pdf.

  5. Richard A. Easterlin, “The Economics of Happiness,” Daedalus 133, no. 2 (Spring 2004): 26-33, https://doi.org/10.1162/001152604323049361.

  6. Julie Bort, “Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Bill Gates Was My Hero,’” Business Insider, September 11, 2013, http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-was-my-hero-2013-9.

  7. Louise Story, “Anywhere the Eye Can See, It’s Likely to See an Ad,” New York Times, January 15, 2007, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/business/media/15everywhere.html.

  8. Bruce Springsteen, quoted in “30 Second Career Counselor,” University of St. Thomas Career Development Center, YouTube video, 0:28, December 4, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEQb9BhiBI.

  Chapter Nine

  1. Gertner, “The Futile Pursuit” (see chap. 6, n. 2).

  2. Ibid.

  3. Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 50 (see chap. 3, n. 4).

  4. Easterlin, “The Economics of Happiness.”

  5. Albert Camus, The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (New York: Vintage Books, 1956), 304.

  6. Dylan Walsh, “The Workplace Is Killing People and Nobody Cares,” Insights, Stanford Graduate School of Business, March 15, 2018, https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/workplace-killing-people-nobody-cares.

  7. Matt Killingsworth, “Does Mind-Wandering Make You Unhappy?” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, July 16, 2013, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/does_mind_wandering_make_you_unhappy.

  8. “What Are the Odds of Dying From…” National Safety Council, accessed January 3, 2019, https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/tools-resources/injury-facts/chart.

  9. Fred Shapiro, “Quotes Uncovered: Twain or Not Twain,” Freakonomics (blog), April 25, 2011, http://freakonomics.com/2011/04/25/quotes-uncovered-twain-or-not-twain/.

  10. Rick Hanson, “Find Your Own Way,” Life (blog) Huffington Post, updated November 3, 2013, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-hanson-phd/find-your-own-way_b_3823676.html.

  11. Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), 123.

  12. Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill, First Things First (New York: Fireside, 1995), 73.

  13. Donald S. Lopez, Encyclopaedia Britannica, s.v. “Four Noble Truths,” accessed January 3, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Four-Noble-Truths.

  Chapter Ten

  1. “About Jack Kornfield,” JackKornfield.com, accessed January 3, 2019, https://jackkornfield.com/bio/.

  2. “The Practice of Forgiveness,” JackKornfield.com, accessed January 3, 2019, https://jackkornfield.com/the-practice-of-forgiveness/.

  3. Wikiquote contributors, “Laurence Sterne,” Wikiquote, accessed January 3, 2019, https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Laurence_Sterne&oldid=2359467.

  4. Dalai Lama, interview by Oprah Winfrey, “Oprah Talks to The Dalai Lama,” Oprah, August 2001, https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/oprah-interviews-the-dalai-lama/all.

  5. Thordis El
va and Tom Stranger, “Our Story of Rape and Reconciliation,” TEDWomen 2016, YouTube video, October 2016, https://www.ted.com/talks/thordis_elva_tom_stranger_our_story_of_rape_and_reconciliation/transcript#t-470392.

  6. Fred Luskin, “What Is Forgiveness?” Institute of Noetic Sciences, YouTube video, 0:18, September 15, 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Yxs1C_iQo&list=PLoKHsax6QwNY5uqxP1RKOwiohr4WMy0pp.

  7. Ibid., 0:55.

  8. Fred Luskin, Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness (New York: HarperCollins, 2002), 78.

  9. Ibid., 26-28.

  10. Ibid., 30.

  11. Ibid., 110.

  12. Ibid., 175-76.

  13. Wayne W. Dyer, “How To Forgive Someone Who Has Hurt You: In 15 Steps,” Wayne’s Blog (blog) Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, accessed January 3, 2019, https://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/how-to-forgive-someone-in-15-steps/.

  14. Jack Kornfield, “Forgiveness Meditation,” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, video, August 2011, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/video/item/forgiveness_meditation.

  15. Oscar Wilde, “Quotes,” Goodreads, accessed January 3, 2019, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4583-always-forgive-your-enemies-nothing-annoys-them-so-much.

  16. Eva Kor, “What Is the First Step Toward Forgiveness, and How Do I Convince Myself to Do That?” Quora, December 10, 2014, https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-first-step-toward-forgiveness-and-how-do-I-convince-myself-to-do-that/answer/Eva-Kor?srid=SFj&share=1.

  17. David H. Cropley, Arthur J. Cropley, James C. Kaufman, and Mark A. Runco, eds., The Dark Side of Creativity (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 279.

  18. Tara Parker-Pope, “How to Build Resilience in Midlife,” New York Times, July 25, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/well/mind/how-to-boost-resilience-in-midlife.html.

  19. Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (New York: Ballantine Books, 2006), 6-7.

  20. Ibid., 7.

  21. Ibid., 245.

  Chapter Eleven

  1. Wikipedia contributors, “Equanimity,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, accessed November 24, 2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equanimity&oldid=876463605.

  2. Daniel Gilbert, interview by Gardiner Morse, “The Science Behind the Smile,” Harvard Business Review, January-February 2012, https://hbr.org/2012/01/the-science-behind-the-smile.

  3. Olivia Solon, “WhatsApp Co-founder Joins Call to #DeleteFacebook as Fallout Intensifies,” The Guardian, March 20, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/facebook-cambridge-analytica-whatsapp-delete.

  Chapter Twelve

  1. Mayo Clinic Staff, “Meditation: A Simple Fast Way to Reduce Stress,” Mayo Clinic, October 17, 2017, https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858.

  2. Rachael Link, “13 Benefits of Yoga that Are Supported by Science,” Healthline, August 30, 2017, https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-benefits-of-yoga#section1.

  3. Kate Pickert, “The Mindful Revolution,” Time, January 23, 2014, http://time.com/1556/the-mindful-revolution/.

  4. “Mindfulness Meditation Training Lowers Biomarkers of Stress Response in Anxiety Disorder,” Georgetown University Medical Center, January 24, 2017, https://gumc.georgetown.edu/news/mindfulness-meditation-training-lowers-biomarkers-of-stress-response-in-anxiety-disorder.

  5. Julie Corliss, “Mindfulness Meditation May Ease Anxiety, Mental Stress,” Harvard Health (blog) Harvard Health Publishing, updated October 3, 2017, https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mindfulness-meditation-may-ease-anxiety-mental-stress-201401086967.

  6. Genevieve Wanucha, “Mindfulness as Medicine,” UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center, February 19, 2016, http://depts.washington.edu/mbwc/news/article/mindfulness-as-medicine.

  7. Mayo Clinic Staff, “Meditation.”

  8. Christina Johnson, “Mindfulness Training Program May Help Olympic Athletes Reach Peak Performance,” UC San Diego News Center, June 5, 2014, https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/mindfulness_training_program_may_help_olympic_athletes_reach_peak.

  9. Dan Harris and Erin Brady, “Re-Wiring Your Brain for Happiness: Research Shows How Meditation Can Physically Change the Brain,” ABC News, July 28, 2011, https://abcnews.go.com/US/meditation-wiring-brain-happiness/story?id=14180253.

  10. Gilbert, “Science Behind the Smile.”

  11. W. Turakitwanakan, C. Mekseepralard, and P. Busarakumtragul, “Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Serum Cortisol of Medical Students,” Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 96, no. 1 (January 2013): S90-5, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724462.

  12. UHN Staff, “3 Surprising Immune System Boosters: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Yoga,” University Health News Daily, June 1, 2018, https://universityhealthnews.com/daily/stress-anxiety/3-surprising-immune-system-boosters-meditation-mindfulness-and-yoga/.

  13. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, “Prayer May Reshape Your Brain ... And Your Reality,” NPR, May 20, 2009, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104310443.

  14. Mayo Clinic Staff, “Meditation.”

  15. James Paine, “11 Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs Who Swear by Daily Meditation,” Inc., September 16, 2016, https://www.inc.com/james-paine/11-famous-entrepreneurs-who-meditate-daily.html.

  16. Jason Marsh, “Three Greater Good Lessons from the Golden State Warriors,” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, June 14, 2017,

  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/three_greater_good_lessons_from_the_golden_state_warriors.

  17. “Breathing,” PlumVillage.org, accessed January 3, 2019, https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/breathing/.

  18. Kira M. Newman, “How to Choose a Type of Mindfulness Meditation,” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, October 11, 2016, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_choose_a_type_of_mindfulness_meditation.

  19. Yelena Moroz Alpert, “13 Major Yoga Mantras to Memorize,” Yoga Journal, February 25, 2016, https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/13-major-mantras-memorize.

  20. Jack Kornfield, “Practice: Recognizing Our Mental States,” JackKornfield.com, accessed January 3, 2019, https://jackkornfield.com/practice-recognizing-our-mental-states/.

  21. Andy Puddicombe, “How to Meditate in 10 Easy Steps,” The Guardian, January 22, 2011, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2011/jan/22/how-to-meditate-ten-steps-headspace.

  22. Jack Kornfield, “Meditation on Lovingkindness,” JackKornfield.com, accessed January 3, 2019, https://jackkornfield.com/meditation-on-lovingkindness/.

  23. “Ignatian Silent Retreats,” Seattle U, accessed January 4, 2019, https://www.seattleu.edu/campus-ministry/retreats/ignatian-silent-retreats/.

  24. Mark Williams, “Mindfulness Meditation with Mark Williams,” Spotify, accessed January 4, 2019, https://open.spotify.com/album/67uxFWx39wI8frDJuF2InX.

  Chapter Thirteen

  1. Fred Luskin, “Forgiveness, Stress Management, and Happiness,” Inflection, Inflection Speaker Series, YouTube video, 2:00, published August 30, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSGfMVRVWZw.

  2. Rob Dunn, “What Are You So Scared of? Saber-Toothed Cats, Snakes, and Carnivorous Kangaroos,” Slate, October 15, 2012, http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/evolution_of_anxiety_humans_were_prey_for_predators_such_as_hyenas_snakes.html.

  3. Collins Dictionary, s.v. “natural selection,” accessed January 4, 2019. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/natural-selection.

  4. Dunn, “What Are You So Scared of?”

  5. Hanson, Just One Thing, 18 (see intro., n. 2).

  6. Maggie Koerth-Baker, “Who Lives Longest?” New York Times Magazine, March 24, 2013, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/magazine/who-lives-longest.html.

  7. R. Morgan Griffi
n, “10 Health Problems Related to Stress That You Can Fix,” WebMD, reviewed on April 1, 2014, https://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/10-fixable-stress-related-health-problems#1.

  8. “Daily Affirmation: Michael Jordan,” YouTube Video from a performance of Saturday Night Live with Michael Jordan and Al Franken, aired September 28, 1991, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNx_gU57gQ4.

  9. Jack Kornfield, The Teachings of Buddha, (Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1993).

  10. Wikiquote contributors, “John Milton,” Wikiquote, accessed January 4, 2019, https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=John_Milton&oldid=2501221.

  11. Wikiquote contributors, “Optimism,” Wikiquote, accessed January 4, 2019, https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Optimism&oldid=2431185.

  12. K. Luan Phan, Tor Wager, Stephan F. Taylor, and Israel Liberzon, “Functional Neuroanatomy of Emotion: A Meta-Analysis of Emotion Activation Studies in PET and fMRI,” NeuroImage 16, no. 2 (June 2002): 331-48, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811902910876.

  13. Sandra Blakeslee, “A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects,” New York Times, February 6, 2007, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/health/psychology/06brain.html.

  14. Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself (New York: Penguin Books, 2007), xviii-xix.

  15. Ibid., 218.

  16. Ibid., 220-221.

  17. Hanson, Just One Thing, 2 (see intro., n. 2).

  18. Ibid., 3.

  19. Geoffrey L. Cohen and David K. Sherman, “The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention,” Annual Review of Psychology 65 (2014): 333, https://ed.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/annurev-psych-psychology_of_change_final_e2.pdf.