In my professional (and, for that matter, my personal) life it’s not hard to accept (given my job title and the name of the organisation I founded) that pretty much everyone knows I’m fascinated by happiness and by what makes for a happy life. Most...
If you're going to get through the tough times then you might as well enjoy the good times!
Do you ever dampen down positive emotions? Do you ever "manage" (read minimise) your happiness? Have you ever discounted positives in your life or brushed away compliments?
If so,...
Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness?
Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa?
Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D
In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...
Read my review of Martin Seligman's latest publication, "Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being"
Let me start by noting that I’m a huge Seligman fan. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and dine and talk to Prof. Seligman several times during his visits...
Another research study that's achieved a lot of attention lately (in addition to the happiness gene study) is this one, referred to in a TIME magazine article as "Why happiness isn't always good: Asians vs Americans". It starts like this...
There's been a lot of talk lately about the finding of a happiness gene. Numerous articles were published last week including this one in the Sydney Morning Herald...
I don't want to sound like a Scrooge but to a large extent, I think Mother's Day is just a plot hatched by marketing professionals to encourage us to buy more stuff (dare I say make us feel guilty if we don't buy more stuff)!
I've...
