March 2023

The secret of happiness? Embrace the boring, lay claim to the mundane and rejoice in repetition

What if happiness was not to be found in the exciting and joyous but rather, in the mundane and boring? There's much research to support the benefits of being grateful and appreciative of the little things; and this is very consistent with those ideas. If...

24 March, 2023

Expert Shares the Secret to Easily Changing Habits for Good–No Willpower Required

Habits are vitally important for happiness and life success. But changing habits for happiness, or anything else for that matter, is often seen as a difficult and challenging task that requires great willpower. Well, what if you could create happiness habits with NO willpower? If...

24 March, 2023

Four ways to engage with what matters to you.

Happiness and success largely come from habits. But for habits to become entrenched, over the long-term, they need to come from a powerful "why?" Your "why" is a reflection, in many ways, of your values and so real happiness is always driven by values ...

23 March, 2023

How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative

This article is a few years old now. But it's always good to be reminded of the benefits of nature. There's really good research to support the notion that spending time in nature makes you happier and kinder and so much more. So if happiness...

22 March, 2023

Why Everyone Should Have a ‘To-Don’t List’, According to This Harvard Professor (and 8 Ideas on What to Add to Yours)

I've been a big fan of to-do lists for years. I've also been a big fan of NOT to-do lists. Whether you're aiming for happiness or success or both, knowing what NOT to do is just as important as knowing what to do ...

22 March, 2023

Purpose May Be The Key To Happiness (but too many people are afraid of it)

It won't surprise anyone to read that meaning and purpose are crucial to happiness and wellbeing. I'm pretty confident that most people, especially anyone reading this, know that happiness is more than just smiling and laughing. Having fun and enjoying pleasure is part of happiness,...

21 March, 2023

Your Complete Happiness Really Comes Down to Asking 1 Simple Question

Is it really possible? Could happiness really be that simple? Is it possible that my happiness could come down to asking just one question??? Well, if you're in any way interested in happiness and being happy, in wellbeing and living a good life, then it's almost certainly...

20 March, 2023

Seven tips for finding happiness at work

We all want happiness. And we all work. So it's safe to assume we'd all like happiness at work! This article provides some great, simple reminders of what we can do to boost our happiness and wellbeing in the workplace. via the Conversation by Cary...

19 March, 2023

How not to be at the mercy of your emotions

Real happiness isn't just feeling good all the time. Positive emotions, like happiness, are great. But the reality is, we'll all also experience negative emotions so knowing how to manage and master these is also part of living a good and healthy life. This is...

17 March, 2023

Wish you had more self-control? You should hear the downsides

Self-control and discipline are often seen as foundational components of success in life, including mental health and happiness. And they often are. But even if something is beneficial more often than not, almost everything has a dark side. What if more self control wasn't necessarily...

16 March, 2023