Happiness: it has exercised the greatest minds for the past 3,000 years. From Socrates, "happiness is unrepentant pleasure" to Bertrand Russell, "the secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible" to Ken Dodd, "happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I...
Since writing my first book, The Good Sleep Guide (available only on The Happiness Institute's website), several years ago I've been ranting and raving about the importance of sleep for health, happiness and wellbeing generally. Every now and then it seems to get some...
Here are two articles with a little in common but one refers to the economics of happiness and the other touches on that old chestnut...
This article is not directly related to happiness, or at least the links to happiness are somewhat tenuous, but it's interesting and at times funny...
As I hope you've realised by now, when we (here at The Happiness Institute) talk about happiness what we're really talking about is the effort to maximise positive emotions based on proven coaching strategies from the science of positive psychology. Well, Chris Peterson (one of...
Here's some interesting happiness research. Investigators have found that the frequency of sexual intercourse is associated with happiness! And increasing the frequency with which you have sex is equivalent to increasing your income by many tens of thousands of dollars in terms of your happiness! If you're...
In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces...
What's the purpose of life? How to achieve happiness? Happiness, love and compassion. Where to start on your path to happiness? You don't have to be a Buddhist to appreciate the Dalai Lama's words of wisdom on these and other happiness related topics. To read...
Now here's a good philosophy for happiness! If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. - Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996, American Journalist/Author/Humorist...
MONEY does buy happiness - to a point. Australians become happier with every dollar they earn, but the more money a household makes, the less happiness it gains. A seven-year review of the wellbeing of Australians has found happiness all but stalled when household income passed...
