Just finished watching Hector and the Search for Happiness which is streaming on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix. It starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike and Toni Collette. The film synopsis is "Disillusioned with the tedium of his existence, psychiatrist Hector (Simon Pegg) confesses to his girlfriend (Rosamund Pike) that he feels he a fraud for dispensing recommendations to patients who never seem to improve or get any happier. He considers breaking out of his lackluster routine. Summoning up some courage, Hector gives his starved curiosity free rein and embarks on an international quest to find the right formula to bring him joy and vitality. I couldn't stop watching and I loved the message. Simon Pegg is fantastic as is his supporting cast. Five Stars

Here is "Hector's list of happiness."

1. Making comparisons can spoil your happiness

2. Happiness often comes when least expected

3. Many people only see happiness in their future

4. Many people think happiness comes from having more power or more money

5. Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story

6. Happiness is a long walk in beautiful, unfamiliar mountains

7. It's a mistake to think that happiness is the goal

8. Happiness is being the people you love; unhappiness is being separated from the people you love

9. Happiness is knowing that your family lacks for nothing

10. Happiness is doing a job you love

11. Happiness is having a home and a garden of your own

12. It's harder to be happy in a country run by bad people

13. Happiness is feeling useful to others

14. Happiness is to be loved for exactly who you are

15. Happiness comes when you feel truly alive

16. Happiness is knowing how to celebrate

17. Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love

18. Happiness is not attaching too much importance to what other people think

19. The sun and the sea make everybody happy

20. Happiness is a certain way of seeing things

21. Rivalry poisons happiness

22. Women care more than men about making others happy (I don't find this to be true in my life)

23. Happiness means making sure that those around you are happy

Check it out for your own entertainment and heart touching.

If you haven't heard of Dr. Brené Brown and her work on vulnerability and shame resilience...please go to Ted Talks on You Tube and watch the following 2 presentations she did (and watch them in order): 1) The Power of Vulnerability and 2) Listening to Shame. I watched these over two years ago and I was so mesmerized by her research that I have been making her guidelines my own ever since. She is also an amazingly transparent and funny educator and presenter. After the Ted Talks, Oprah featured her in several in-depth interviews on the OWN channel on her program called Super Soul Sundays. After that Oprah produced Part I and Part II of an E-course featuring Brené teaching an in-depth study of her book The Gifts of Imperfection. She has written two other books...Daring Greatly and I Thought It Was Only Me. Originally she offered a training course called Connections early on. This morphed into The Daring Way™ University and they offered The Daring Way™ Curriculum and I just got back from taking this 5 day training in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Brené Brown facilitated the first day of training and then her Senior Staff completed the rest of the training. I am now proud to say that I am a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator-Candidate (CDWF-Candidate). I can now offer this curriculum to clients. Yeah!!