• “The Compass and the Crumbs”

    What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? My heart… and maybe snacks.Because honestly, you can’t pour love from an empty cup —and you definitely can’t give good hugs when you’re hangry.Carry your heart like it’s a compass, pointing you to joy in the smallest, messiest moments.The smell of rain…


  • Dose Delivered: Real, Raw, Recklessly Honest

    What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I want Your Dose of Happiness to be the kind of place where people exhale and go,“Oh, thank f*ck, someone finally said it.” A space that doesn’t sugarcoat healing.That reminds you that growth doesn’t always smell like sage and lavender…


  • “Where Sorrows Bloom into Wildflowers”

    Describe your life in an alternate universe. In an alternate universe,I live on the edge of a warm, wind-brushed sea. My home is a mosaic of driftwood, stained glass, and vines, humming softly with bees in the morning and lantern light at night. I spend my days tending a garden that grows not just food,…


  • The Most Uninteresting Story I Could Find Is My Life. HERE IS WHY…

    Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. Not because the world suddenly became a utopia (wouldn’t that be something?), but because I haven’t read, scrolled, or tuned in to anything resembling news.Instead, my headlines looked like this: Some might call that boring. I call…


  • Soft Joy’s for a Loud Life

    List 30 things that make you happy. Which ones are your kind of happy? Let’s compare notes. Love Stefanie Anna