August 2022

Positive psychology is about positive emotions like happiness. But positive psychology is also about much more than positive emotions; it is, in addition, interested in meaning and purpose, strengths and resilience, health and wellbeing and, in fact, so much more. One of the oft overlooked...

09 August, 2022

If you want to enjoy happiness and wellbeing, which I'm pretty sure you do if you're reading this, then effective self-care is vital. But there are many self-care strategies promoted by many that quite simply, have no evidence to support their efficacy. Some might even...

09 August, 2022

Working hard is great. Accomplishment and achievement are definitely part of happiness and life satisfaction. But they're not everything. In fact, we can't have them without something else. And that's nothing! Switching off allows us to switch on. Rest and recovery allow us to perform....

08 August, 2022

There's no "one thing" that will make for happiness or life satisfaction. There are, rather, many things, each of which will be differentially significant for different people, at different times. That being said, there are a few pretty important factors that for most people most...

08 August, 2022

There's absolutely no doubt that optimism is beneficial. It's been found to be associated with more positive emotions, such as happiness, and better health and wellbeing. This isn't the same as "positive thinking"; it is, partially, positive thinking but it's also, essentially, grounded in realism....

06 August, 2022

Happiness and life success rarely come easily. And happiness and life success rarely, if ever, come from just one or two "big" actions. More realistically, happiness and a good life come from doing the right things, usually little things, consistently. And here are 10 things...

05 August, 2022

There's absolutely no doubt that the practice of gratitude enhances health and wellbeing and happiness. But there's also no doubt, that like everything else, there are different ways to practice gratitude; and different things will work for different people. Happiness will come to those who...

04 August, 2022