Jordan Myska Allen is a lover of life, entrepreneur, Course in Miracles student, happy person, deep thinker, friend, Integral aficionado and constantly questioning everything he identifies with—and might put into a biography. He acts as a psychological, spiritual, and professional consultant, writes about how to be happy for DailyHap.com, and practices applied integral thinking.
Thankfully the Social Media Generation Never Breaks Up My sister just sent me an NYMag article entitled “All My Exes Live in Texts: How the Social Media Generation Never Really Breaks Up.” [1] It’s a fun read, and there are certainly many things I relate to in the article. There are many ways in which I’m […]
Insights from the literature of extraordinary results I recently read “The One Thing” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. The second section identifies six “lies” that mainstream American culture mistakenly propagates. Keller and Papasan argue that we can achieve “extraordinary results” by no longer believing these lies. These lies also keep us from being happy, as […]
How Increased Life Expectancy Could Lead all the way to Enlightenment The quest for immortality is as old as death, but scientists and futurists are saying that we are closer than ever. According to the World Health Organization, life expectancy grew 8 hours a day, every day, for the past twenty years, [1] and it shows […]
Write An Angry Letter But for God’s Sake Don’t Send It Recently two of my friends got into a shouting match. They both said things they wish they hadn’t, going for insults instead of talking about the real issues underlying their pain. The situation reminded me of a simple, well-known, and powerful technique: Writing a […]
Uncovering the Sneaky Ways We Use Humor to Repress Emotions It’s a common occurrence for humans to feel like our individual problems are absolutely the worst thing in the world, yet it’s just as common to feel like our problems aren’t as bad as someone else’s and therefore don’t merit the emotions we feel. In […]
How Politics Can Make You Happy, Regardless of Where You Stand Politics can be an endless source of unhappiness, but everyone once in a while something amazing occurs. Let’s dissect ways in which politics can inspire us, and be a source of happiness, in light of the events of Wendy Davis’ epic filibuster of […]
(photo by Erin Trieb Spending the Night in the Dallas Airport DFW shut down for hours thanks to some statewide Texas thunderstorms, pinning me in Southern California’s John Wayne airport. After a couple hours of waiting, I started to get a little worried that I wouldn’t make the transfer in Dallas to get back to […]
PRISM—Can it bring us happiness? I was surprised by the news, and I felt a bit outraged and betrayed. A lot of people I talked to responded with a hint of boredom. “That’s been going on for decades.” Some felt the need to defend the government’s actions, some felt paranoia, and some made fun of […]
Yesterday evening I lost the keys to my car during a bike ride. I got AAA to tow the car from my garage to the Toyota dealership where they could make a new key this morning. When I hadn’t heard from the dealership, I called to ask about the progress. They could not find my […]
The idea that we don’t have enough space and resources on our planet for the growth of our population is not only unfounded, it produces unnecessary unhappiness. Replacing this myth with a more optimistic view is a more realistic view of the future, is more pragmatic, and can lead to a brighter day. Like most […]
It’s our best bet, and it’s already happening I believe that large businesses have the greatest leverage for worldwide transformation. Over half of the world’s largest economic entities are multi-national corporations(1); Wal-Mart alone employs more people than the population of Qatar (2). The global value we place on money and work means these entities have […]
One of the Most Powerful Techniques for Lasting Peace The Practice of Moment-to-Moment Self-Forgiveness (previously published on DailyHap.com on 5/08/13) I’m going to share with you a technique I believe is one of the most powerful mental technologies available to us for personal growth—and for deep, lasting peace. What is it? Simply put, you give […]