February 2007

There's a very valuable concept in mindfulness that's directly relevant to happiness - it concerns the non-judgemental observation of reality. In essence, it's about watching what is and what isn't, expecting no more or no less, and accepting "this is it". While conducting...

20 February, 2007

I came across the following two great quotes and have made some modifications to make then more relevant to happiness. Let me know what you think...

20 February, 2007

I've just added an interesting new resource to our happiness site. Click on the following link and complete The Happiness Institute's Happiness Test to find out how happy you really are - free happiness test. ...

19 February, 2007

There is a saying: "Life is a ball of yarn - if you want to unwind it, you need a therapist, if you want to make a sweater, you get a life coach." At The Happiness Institute we're all about promoting happiness, satisfaction and wellbeing (not...

19 February, 2007

Gossip is a stress buster Men gossip as much as women, but they spend more time talking about themselves. This is one of the findings from a study about the role of mobile telecommunications in the 21st century. The study, "Evolution, Alienation and Gossip" by the...

19 February, 2007

One of the more interesting, and better, happiness books released during the last few years has been Jonathan Haidt's "The Happiness Hypothesis; finding modern truth in ancient wisdom." Although this blog posting is not intended in any way to provide a full or thorough...

19 February, 2007

Another interesting study from the latest Journal of Positive Psychology explored the association between interpersonal relationships, irrational beliefs and happiness (or life satisfaction). In short, the results indicated that interpersonal relationships mediated the association between irrational thoughts and happiness. What does this mean?...

19 February, 2007

I discovered a fascinating article in the latest edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology - please enjoy the following brief summary. Research investigating the relationship between self-contruals and subjective well-being has traditionally focused on understanding how dimensions such as positivity-negativity and internality-externality relate to...

19 February, 2007