This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at the other big component of happiness:  life satisfaction and meaning. […]

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at ways to increase our enjoyment of pleasures: vary your pleasure […]

This article is in our series featuring pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.  It’s your at-home pain management class! The first skills that I teach patients are relaxed breathing exercises. These help you reduce pain by helping you relax. Here are 2 for you to try: Breathing #1 Breathing #2 […]

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at pleasurures. Pleasures are positive, enjoyable experiences.  Pleasures create immediate happiness and […]

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at hope. To be more hopeful, we can learn to recognize […]