December 2010

Who determines your definitions of happiness and success?  Are you letting others define happiness for you? I recently experienced an upleasant interpersonal interaction, the details of which I won't bore you with here, except to say that it caused me some degree of distress (yes, Dr. Happy...

Getting richer does not make a country happier in the long run, according to the largest-ever review of the links between a nation's wealth and the wellbeing of its citizens. The researchers looked at life satisfaction data from 37 countries collected over various time periods, from...

Those of you who follow my/our work here at The Happiness Institute know that central to much of what we recommend for happiness is clarity around life goals, direction and purpose. What's really important? What are your priorities for life? Know the answers to these...

Happiness is about much more than solving problems and overcoming obstacles but that being said, we all face adversity in life and learning how to deal with this in a positive and effective way can be fantastically useful. So this week we bring you an...

As I've written many times before, noone should expect happiness all the time. It's appropriate and OK and heathy and normal to experience a range of emotions, including positive ones such as happiness and joy and pride and love BUT ALSO including the so-called negative...