January 2011

Happiness can be viewed or understood in so many different ways by so many different people; here's an interesting take on happiness, from The Huffington Post. We thought you might like to read and think about it: by Wendy Strgar Most of us share a common...

I love technology, I really do; I love being able to access information pretty much any where and any time and I love being able to be in touch with colleagues and friends no matter where I am. But...

After suffering back and neck pain on and off for many years, and after suffering the well meaning nagging of my wife to do something about it, I finally took some positive action and organised to have some personal training sessions with a Pilates trainer....

by Prof. Sharp (aka Dr. Happy) from The Happiness Institute's free weekly eNewsletter (January 17 2011) I read two books towards the end of 2010 both of which, in different ways, touched upon this issue of choice. Firstly, and most obviously Jonah Lehrer's "How we decide"...

by Richard Layard for The Observer, Sunday 16 January 2011 Our living standards are unprecedented, but our happiness is no higher than it was 50 years ago. That is the bad news, which reliable surveys reveal. The good news is that happiness depends mainly on...