October 2010

by Oliver Burkeman for The Guardian This year marks a century since the deaths of perhaps the two greatest psychologists America has ever produced. The one getting the attention in university psychology departments is William James, and fair enough: he did essentially invent the modern discipline....

17 October, 2010

A HAPPINESS FORMULABy Lionel Ketchian (www.happinessclub.com) Yes, a happiness formula that will help you not only understand happiness, but also how it can work for you. It is called the DOC Formula for Happiness. The letter D is for DECISION, O is for OBSTACLE, AND...

16 October, 2010

Happiness - Is religion a good prescription? by Nigel Barber for Psychology Today Some doctors (1) claim that the health benefits are so clear, and so pronounced that they should be prescribing religion! This perspective is a little naêve. After all, wealthy people live longer healthier lives...

16 October, 2010

I've been saying for quite some time now that happiness is very much dependent on attitude and on what we positive psychologists technically call optimism. In turn, real optimism is very dependent on flexibility which brings me to clarify the heading of this post...

15 October, 2010

by Kristen Houghton.for the Huffington Post Happiness is subjective; what makes one person happy won't necessarily make another one feel the same. But even being subjective in defining our individual criteria for happiness, there are still some basic essentials we all need to live a happy...

14 October, 2010

from the SMH Australia's women feel stressed out and unfit, and when it comes to leisure time they report just 30 minutes a day. A poll dubbed "Australia's Biggest Health Check", which gathered data from about 26,000 respondents, also reveals a significant mismatch between how much...

14 October, 2010

by David Van Nuys for Psychology Today I hope I got your attention with this title. Of course, "hijack" is too strong a term and also too pejorative. My real point is that it is clear to me advertising executives at Coca Cola and a number...

13 October, 2010

I was thinking, as I frequently do, about happiness and especially about how and why I frequently find myself experiencing happiness and other positive emotions when I'm reading a good novel (as I am at the moment) and when I'm listening to some of my...

13 October, 2010