Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something for fancier people. I aspired, but mostly I wrote for myself. I wrote because it made me happy. Ariel Gore aspireaudiencedream share on social
I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy. Ariel Gore cardancehappy Change image and share on social
I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth. Ariel Gore afterglowdepthhappiness Change image and share on social
In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives. Ariel Gore anxietyblockchance share on social
When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression. Ariel Gore clearcommunitydepression Change image and share on social
I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years. Ariel Gore borderlinemothernarcissist Change image and share on social
New Agers have always told us that we create our own realities. Mind over matter. Ariel Gore agercreatematter Change image and share on social
A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that. Ariel Gore lotpositiveprivilege Change image and share on social
My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at all, I kept it to vent. Ariel Gore dayhabitjournal Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence. Ariel Gore benignboutintense Change image and share on social