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Expert Advice Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Happiness Tips From Lynn Zavaro

This is the second of 6 Tips For Happiness from Lynn Zavaro. Check back each Thursday to read them all.

Tip Number Two: Step.  To create the life you want with less stress, happiness, and success become the creator of your world one step at a time. Imagine you are trying to throw a basketball from one basket into the other across the length of the court in one toss. This would be an impossible feat. But, if you dribbled the ball with each step you took towards the goal, you would most likely succeed. Choose a specific yet small next action step towards making your goal. For example, you may want to lose 10 pounds, but this can’t happen overnight, so a first action step could be to join a gym you like. You may desire to have a relationship; a first step could be to sign up on a dating service. Make sure you complete each action step and then, surely step-by-step what you want will come into creation.

Lynn Zavaro is an author and artist who has emerged as a defining voice in the art of guiding others to know themselves and create the life they want through the lens of spiritual psychology. She has a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and has worked in a clinic counseling individuals, couples, children and youth groups. Lynn developed a series of interactive and experiential books and games to support others in having fun while artfully discovering themselves on their creative life paths. Her book and card deck set, The Game of You – An Interactive Way to Know Yourself, Create the Life You Want releases this Fall 2010 from Schiffer Publishing. Find out more about Lynn, her upcoming workshops, and play a free sample game on her website: www.gameofyou.com. Lynn also writes a weekly food blog combining The Game of You cards with a little insight, story and a recipe or two: www.thegameofyou.blogspot.com. She lives in Venice, CA.