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Archive of Author Lisa Powell Graham Dream Stories on Discovering Happiness

Lisa Graham is an inspirational writer, life coach, TED motivational speaker, and globe-trotter whose passion is to help others to find happiness and meaning in their daily lives. A political activist at heart, Lisa would like to empower more women to run for political office as a way to create positive change in the world. You can find her on LisaPowellGraham.com or watch her TEDx speech on YouTube..

Finding Happiness in San Francisco

Finding Happiness in San Francisco

I will be moving back to my favorite city – San Francisco! – later this summer. In celebration of finding happiness in returning to the “City of My Heart,” I am sharing here a favorite essay that I wrote in March 2007 for the Noe Valley Voice in SF.

Finding Happiness in A New Family

Finding Happiness in A New Family

This past weekend, I spent the day with my new adopted family: my future husband, Rafa; my future son-in-law, Gianluca; my future mother-in-law, Rosario; and Rafa’s brothers, Danny and Alex, his Abuelita (Grandmom), as well as some other family and friends who are also from Ecuador. Finding happiness for me right now means marrying into an amazing Ecuadorian family!

Finding Happiness in Falling in Love

Finding Happiness in Falling in Love

There is no happiness that is a match for the bliss of falling madly, head-over-heels in love. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be finding happiness through love right now.