March 2019

Happiness doesn't always come easily; not for some of us, anyway. Neither does success in life; no matter how we define it. Instead, happiness and success inevitably involve overcoming challenges; in fact some might say that happiness comes FROM the overcoming of challenges. So if...

via Bustle by Eva Taylor Grant Long-term relationships don't have to be boring. As amorphous as relationships are, scientific research has still been conducted, particularly in the last century, to figure out why some couples are more successful, and happier, than others. And if you're looking...

No one can or should expect to be happy all the time. No matter who you are or what you do; things will go wrong. Facing and dealing with stress, therefore, is crucial for those of us who want to be happy; because the better...

via Mindful.org by ELISHA GOLDSTEIN AND STEFANIE GOLDSTEIN Compassion is the feeling that naturally arises when you learn of the suffering of another, and that motivates you to want to do something to help. Far from being just a social nicety, compassion has a great...

via TED Ideas by Daniella Balarezo When we needlessly apologize, we end up making ourselves small and diminish what we’re trying to express, says sociologist Maja Jovanovic. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of...

via the Ladders by Eric Barker Sometimes just being happy is hard enough. Figuring out how to have a happy life can seem downright overwhelming. In his book, Authentic Happiness, University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman (the Big Kahuna of happiness research) says that there are four types of happy lives. That’s...

Happiness and living a good life is about living and learning. If we learn from our mistakes; they're not necessarily mistakes. And if we learn from negative experiences we can grow and improve, moving towards more happiness and a better life. Doing all this also...