September 2010

All too often I hear people complaining about other people. They're not this and they're not that; alternatively they are this and they are that! The "this" and "that" referred to tend, in many cases, to be negatives. And common "victims" of such negativity are,...

13 September, 2010

by Joanna Hall for Body & Soul IS happiness an elusive concept or something we can all have if we put our minds to it? What happiness means to each person is highly individual. Happiness could depend upon finding Mr or Miss Right; having a much-wanted baby;...

12 September, 2010

by Robert Biswas-Diener of www.intentionalhappiness.com A group of experts on happiness representing economics, marketing, public policy, psychology, history and philosophy recently had our third meeting. The issue that captured our collective imagination was the question of whether happiness is an "inside-out" or "outside-in" phenomenon. How...

12 September, 2010

A Gallup poll done for the Charitable Aid Foundation finds more correlation between happiness and giving than between wealth and giving. The survey's ranking of countries puts America as number five. Many poor nations are high in giving of one type or another. by Clayton...

11 September, 2010

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2010) _ã” Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip -- praising somebody -- may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem and happiness. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr. Jennifer Cole and Hannah Scrivener from Staffordshire University, who present...

09 September, 2010

The Complete A to Z of happiness (a collective effort from The Happiness Institute_ã_s Facebook Community) A is for (positive) actions (which speak far louder than words) B is for belief (in yourself, others, and the world) C is for connectedness (because other people matter) D is...

09 September, 2010

by Sherri Fisher for Positive Psychology News Daily Recently I_ã_ve had several meetings with parents of high schoolers. Like most parents of kids this age, they are consumed with concerns about their child_ã_s achievement: How does my kid really measure up? Will he get into a...

09 September, 2010

They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong. At least up to a point. People's emotional well-being - happiness - increases along with their income up to about $US75,000 ($82,000), US researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For people making less...

07 September, 2010

Here at The Happiness Institute we've argued for a long time that it's hard to be happy if you're literally sick and tired all the time. It is, in contrast, much easier to be happy, and to live an active and fulfilling life, if you're...

06 September, 2010