Amid the ``Gloom and Doom'' of Headline News, New Column Says ``Be Happy''.Entertainment Editors/Lifestyle Editors REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2003 How can we be happy when faced with some of the most difficult times in US history? Inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. author, speaker and columnist columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. , Debbie Gisonni, says it's just a matter a choice. Gisonni says, "People want to have happy, peaceful lives yet most of what they read in the papers is bad news confirming a belief that life should be miserable. Why not give them another choice?" Gisonni believes we can create our own happiness through the conscious choices we make. She spent fifteen years in business sales, marketing and executive positions, leading and motivating teams of people through major product and company changes. After losing four family members in four years, she left her fifteen-year corporate career and started Real Life Lessons(R), a company dedicated to inspiring people to embrace life's challenges and changes (at work and at home) with a positive attitude. "My goal is to help people find their own happiness and inner peace through my writing, presentations, workshops and consulting." The "Be Happy" column launches April 15 with distributions via email twice per month. Each column begins with a choice that leads to happiness and ends with five ways to make that choice. In one column, Choose Balance, Gisonni shares her own experience of managing a high-level executive position and a family that was falling apart. "I looked as though I had effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. achieved what
most women strive for their entire lives -- balance. But the only thing
balanced about my work and life was that they both provided an equal
amount of daily stress." Other upcoming column topics will be about
choosing patience, adventure, change and gratitude.
Gisonni is the author of the inspirational memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. , Vita's Will: Real Life Lessons about Life, Death & Moving On. She invites syndication See syndication format. of her column for publication in newspapers and magazines, and plans to assemble the columns into a book. "Right now, my goal is to get this information in front of as many people as possible. Happiness is, after all, very infectious!" For more information or to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "Be Happy", go to www.reallifelessons.com. |
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