August 2015

What if you could set yourself up, now, so that tomorrow was the best day ever?  What if you could plan and apply simple strategies to ensure your next 24 hours was packed full of happiness and success?  Well you can!  You can create happiness and accomplishment and...

20 August, 2015

There are so many good people doing so many good things, but so often we get lost in the negative news most of our media outlets focus on almost exclusively.  Happiness, however, requires a focus on what's going well...

19 August, 2015

I don't think everyone can necessarily make a living out of what they love to do.  But I do think we can all learn to love what we do more; and I know that if we find ways to follow and pursue our passions, both in...

18 August, 2015

by Melissa Dahl from the Science of Us About halfway through “The Suitcase” — one of the most well-known and well-loved episodes of Mad Men — Peggy is near tears, upset with Don because she feels like he’s always overlooking her efforts and abilities. He never...

17 August, 2015

via the Huffington Post by Kimanzi Constable Life is short. In the last year, I lost the man I consider one of my father figures -- my grandfather. He died in December at 87 years old. When I think back on our time together, my memories are...

13 August, 2015

by Jennifer Twardowski Lately I've been on a kick in learning all about manifestation and happiness. Reading books, listening to lectures, hearing about various meditations to try, and so on. The motivation to really learn about all this has been coming from this deep inner frustration about...

12 August, 2015

Here at The Happiness Institute we've been saying more many years that happiness is something you CHOOSE.  CHOOSE is both a philosophy of taking responsibility but also an acronym for 6 key happiness principles (see HERE).  This thought provoking article from Inc.com also believes happiness is something...

12 August, 2015

Before you can be nice to anyone else you need to be nice to yourself.  Happiness starts within and can then be spread without.  It's important NOT to be selfish but it's also worth noting that to be appropriately and healthily selfless, self-care needs attention.  With all this...

11 August, 2015