March 2023

Positive reminiscing is one of positive psychology's least known but most effective strategies. Thinking back on and savouring positive memories can boost happiness and wellbeing. And the happy news is, it's relatively quick and easy to do ...

31 March, 2023

Happiness isn't always in the here and now. Living in the moment has benefits, but there's no doubt that in many situations, happiness comes from working towards longer term, meaningful goals. As such, happiness requires patience. And if you think more patience would add to...

31 March, 2023

Happiness isn't just about enjoying the good times. It is that. But happiness is also dealing, effectively and healthily, with the tough times. And some of those tough times are due to things we have, or we think we have done wrong. It follows, therefore,...

31 March, 2023

Getting your day off to a positive start makes it more likely you'll have a positive day. It's not everything, and it might not work 100% of the time, but you're far more likely to enjoy happiness if you can kickstart your day with positive...

30 March, 2023

I'm well aware that happiness isn't always easy. But at the same time, happiness need not be overly complicated. Sometimes, it's the simplest things that make us happy and create a good life and one of them is almost certainly living in the here and...

29 March, 2023

There's been quite a lot of talk recently about the happiest countries in the world. Although I personally find this fascinating, it is worth noting that "happiness" in this context is different to the "happiness" we discuss when talking about personal mental-health and wellbeing. Both...

27 March, 2023

Does intelligence make you happier? Some research suggests it might. But there's also some research that indicates intelligent people might think, or overthink more and might, therefore, worry more and so ...

27 March, 2023