No one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses at what makes couples tick, how relationships are stressed and what factors can keep the spark alive. The goal: To find out what...
From Positive Psychology News Daily comes yet another great article on happiness and applications of positive psychology. This time, one of their writers presents the case for dog ownership as a way of boosting health and happiness. To read more - click here...
Here's a great example of what goes to happiness at work. Although they don't specifically talk about positive psychology coaching or applications of the happiness research they do many things that are very similar...
Singapore, April 2009 - Club Med is calling for photo entries that will culminate in the winner walking away with a paid assignment contract worth USD 10,000 (S$15,000) and a 5-day dream stay at one of its eight resorts in Asia Pacific. The challenge thrown down...
"If there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts." - Anna Karenin (Tolstoy) And my happiness version: "If there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of...
by Angie LeVan (www.inthriving.com) In a world of vast technology where everything you could ever imagine is at the click of button, the simple pleasures of life seem to get lost in the mix. Now, I"ll be the first to admit that I love technology. It makes...
There are, no doubt, some of you out there who've lost your jobs or who're anxious about losing your jobs at some point in the future. But does this mean you have to sacrifice happiness and soak up misery? Not surprisingly, I don't...
A University of Canberra research team has proposed a new approach to teaching, dubbed the ''medicine of giving'', which may make students happier. The concept is about encouraging young people to reach out and do something that does not have direct value for themselves. This can...
You know what's free? A smile. And while you'd punch out someone on the subway for saying that to you, these days, it's not bad advice. Sure, we can't control the financial chaos around us, but we can control how we deal with it. We...
How do you achieve happiness? Specifically, the kind that lasts all day? Robert Frost wrote, "Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length." While this is a beautiful aphorism depicting the spirit of the human condition, there are many concrete strategies to...
