February 2010

It takes more than a vacation to make people happy. Indeed, vacationers tend to be happier than non-vacationers in the lead up to their break, but once they are back, there is very little difference between the two groups_ã_ levels of happiness. These findingsÔ_ by...

19 February, 2010

Nailing our happiness colours to the wall   Happiness. Love. For most of us these are all lovely notions, floating in balloons of abstraction in the stratosphere; limited to art more than science. Measuring these thing looks like too hard basket material. But more and more that's...

18 February, 2010

As I've done several times in the past, I'm happy to bring you another great article from Lionel Ketchian of www.happinessclub.com THE HEART OF HAPPINESS! By Lionel Ketchian We just celebrated Valentine's Day, so let's talk about matters of the heart. On Valentine's Day you think of...

16 February, 2010

What makes couples happy? What makes marriages last? It's the small stuff, it turns out: Telling him he looks great in his jeans. Bringing her coffee in bed in the morning. Sneaking off without the kids from time to time. Taking turns doing the laundry. Terri...

15 February, 2010

Check out this tip from our free eNewsletter out this morning. Here at The Happiness Institute we've often noted that the pursuit of happiness involves more than the reduction of distress. Reducing or eliminating distress is a good start but to find real happiness, one...

15 February, 2010

An interesting article on happiness and economics from the New York Times - by Justin Wolfers Yale_ã_s business school just published an interesting interview with Betsey Stevenson_ã”my favorite economist. And yes, the usual disclosure applies: this is partly because she_ã_s an interesting coauthor and colleague, but also...

13 February, 2010

I just came across this interesting article about how and why people share information and emails; it is, I think, directly relevant to positive psychology and to happiness as sharing and connecting are key themes I've obviously discussed before. Read more about spreading happiness on...

13 February, 2010