It's normal to have negative thoughts from time to time. You wouldn't be human if you didn't have the odd pessimistic doubt or catastrophic worry. But too much of these is undoubtedly unhelpful if we want happiness. And certain thoughts are deadset killers of happiness and life success. So...
For more than a decade now, here at The Happiness Institute we've been saying that achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day. You see, those small habits build up in to big results...
by Briana Wiest The degree to which life is nothing but a mind game will probably scare you more than anything. The reality is that our thoughts create our experiences, because our thoughts determine what we notice, how we think, and therefore, how we feel. "Happiness"...
via Eric Barker Trying to find happiness in a world so busy and complicated can seem impossible. What’s weird is that in so many ways our lives are objectively better than our grandparents’ lives were. We have more… yet we often feel worse. Don’t you wonder if...
via the Huffington Post by Jennifer Rollin In the past, I would have never described myself as a "morning person." In fact, I used to hate mornings. I would often begin the day by hitting the snooze button on my cell phone alarm. When I would...
via Eric Barker You get all kinds of happiness advice on the internet from people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Don’t trust them. Actually, don’t trust me either. Trust neuroscientists. They study that gray blob in your head all day and have learned a lot about...
We can look forward to the future. And we can savour the past. But happiness can only ever really be experienced in the present moment...
via Huffington Post by Elyse Santilli Paulo Coelho once said: "One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted to do. Do it now." Many of us put our happiness and dreams on hold for another...
via Inc.com by Bill Murphy This column is about finding the things you’re passionate about, finding a way to do what you love--and then actually doing it. And if you need it, it’s also about looking for the inspiration you need to get started. With that in...
by Jon Savitt via Thought Catalog Ah, the good ole days. The light-up shoes, the Lunchables, the ability to judge if someone was cool or not based on how they wore their backpack. It was a much simpler time. It was a time filled with predetermined...
