Deborah

White Rock, BC, Canada

Michelle K

Coconut Creek, FL, USA

Debby

Clear Spring, MD, USA

The Invitation To Happiness

How I Found Happiness By Paying Attention

Happiness Was Never Missing (Awareness Was)

Why We Miss The Joy Right In Front Of Us: An Anthony De Mello Perspective

Hints Of Gladness!!!

Perfection Versus Wholeness

No More Struggle: Where Happiness Actually Resides

Happiness, Joy, And Sorrow Belong Together

Simple Daily Practices For Happiness

Practicing Presence In The Ordinary

English

Happiness isn't something you create.

It is something you uncover.

In this course, I invite you to slow down and (re)discover happiness as your natural state. Not the kind of happiness that depends on life going well, but the kind that emerges when you notice what's already here.

This course is shaped by lived experience, contemplative and non-dual spirituality, and the wisdom of teachers such as Anthony de Mello, Rupert Spira, and Pema Chödrön, along with a simple practice inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem “When I Am Among the Trees" and the line about the hints of gladness.

Each session includes a short reflection and a guided awareness practice with an emphasis on there being nothing to achieve and nothing to fix. 

This course is especially for those who sense that happiness is elusive and missing from their lives.

You will not be asked to become someone else. You will be invited to remember who you already are.

An invitation to (re)discover happiness as your natural state by practicing presence in the ordinary moments of your life.

Hints Of Gladness: Rediscovering Happiness Through Intention And Awareness

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Hi and welcome. I'm really glad you're here. My name is Rod Janz. I'm a coach and spiritual director. I'm someone who spent a lot of years trying to figure out what happiness is all about. That said, this course has grown out of my own life. There were seasons where I felt stuck and discouraged and caught in my head a lot of the time. I kept thinking that happiness would come when things changed, when I improved, or when life cooperated. What I slowly began to discover is that happiness isn't something we build. It's something we uncover. It's what remains when we stop fighting what is and start noticing what's already here. That's the focus of this course. We're going to explore how to slow down, how to notice small things of goodness, or as I call them hints of gladness, how to hold joy and sorrow at the same time, how to move from perfectionism toward wholeness, and how to practice presence in the middle of ordinary life. Each session will include a reflection and a guided practice. Sometimes I'll offer a small invitation to try during your day. It won't be heavy and it won't be overwhelming. Just simple ways to return again and again to awareness and presence. My philosophy for this course is pretty simple and it's that happiness isn't missing. You don't need to become someone else to experience happiness. You just need to begin noticing. I hope to interact with you in the classroom and I'd love to hear what resonates with you and what you're discovering. I hope that this course will be more than just information to be consumed but that we'll be able to go on a journey together. My hope is that by the end of this course you'll be more aware of what happiness is, that joy will start bubbling up more naturally, and that you'll become more aware of these things and how they're woven into ordinary moments that you might be overlooking. Thank you for checking this course out. Again, I'm grateful that you're here, and if you're ready, let's begin.