August 2010

Positive Psychology Can Help People Embrace Change by Shadra Bruce for the Mental Health News Organization Embracing change is difficult for most people, but positive psychology can help make change easier. Particularly when it comes to making changes for health, diet, and lifestyle, positive psychology can have...

13 August, 2010

by Michael Austin for Psychology Today If we want true happiness, we should heed what Plato said about the virtues. In a previous post, I offered some thoughts from Aristotle about genuine happiness. Now I'd like to turn to some of Plato's beliefs on the matter, which...

12 August, 2010

by Persephone Nicholas for the Weekend Australian What do you do when you see a spaceman? Park your car in it, man! Simon Rountree sees value in humour. Chief executive of Camp Quality, a not-for-profit organisation using fun therapy to bring optimism and happiness to the lives...

12 August, 2010

Recent research on consumer habits shows that many Americans have moved from _ã–conspicuous consumption_㝠to _ã–calculated consumption_㝠_ã_ buying less, and being choosier about purchases _ã_ and that doing so may actually make people happier. What do you think makes you happy? Stephanie Rosenbloom describes some...

11 August, 2010

HAPPINESS at work has nothing to do with promotions, pay rises or sitting in the corner office. Srikumar Rao, a Columbia University professor and author of Happiness at Work, said the exact attributes we look for in a career do not exist in any job. Instead,...

10 August, 2010

Happiness is staying positive despite problems and negativity; happiness is knowing not everyone will like you or agree but doing the right thing anyway; happiness is moving forward even if you know you might get knocked back at times. Happiness is, according to Mother Teresa,...

10 August, 2010

by Douglas Kenrick for Psychology Today Two days ago, I was happily walking down a street in Vancouver with my wife and my 6-year-old son. A young woman biked by, looking rather content.  I recognized her as Elizabeth Dunn, a young professor at the University of...

09 August, 2010

There are lots of good ones out there but this happiness quote is one of the best...

09 August, 2010

Check out this short, happiness related video segment of a longer interview with Tal Ben-Shahar a Harvard lecturer and researcher in Positive Psychology (the psychology of what is right with us and how to get more of that). Thanks to the Practical Wellbeing website In this five...

08 August, 2010