{"id":693519,"date":"2010-03-17T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/17\/are-you-sabotaging-your-happiness-dont-put-it-on-hold\/"},"modified":"2010-03-17T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T07:30:00","slug":"are-you-sabotaging-your-happiness-dont-put-it-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/693519","title":{"rendered":"Are You Sabotaging Your Happiness? Don&#8217;t Put it on Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/advice\/\" rel=\"tag\">Advice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/happiness\/\" rel=\"tag\">Happiness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/how-to-be-happy\/\" rel=\"tag\">How to Be Happy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.thatsfit.ca\/media\/2010\/03\/first.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Are you putting your needs last and sabotaging your happiness? You&#8217;re definitely not alone. <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kristenhoughton.com\/\" >Kristen Houghton<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">, author of <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">And Then I&#8217;ll Be Happy: Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">, explains how she finally figured out how to put herself at the top of her list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Q: What is the Goldilocks Syndrome?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A: The Goldilocks Syndrome is a phrase I coined in my workshops. Like Goldilocks, who wasn&#8217;t satisfied until she found the right porridge to eat, the right chair to sit on, and the right bed to sleep on, some women postpone their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=happiness\">happiness<\/a> until everything in their lives is &#8220;just right;&#8221; family, work, their weight, etc. Being happy shouldn&#8217;t wait until everything in life is perfect. Not everything will ever be &#8220;just right&#8221; at the same time.<br \/> <br style=\"font-weight: bold;\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Q: How do women commonly sabotage their own happiness?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/17\/are-you-sabotaging-your-happiness-dont-put-it-on-hold\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Are You Sabotaging Your Happiness? 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