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Hug your way to happiness! Sound good? Well you'll be even more pleased to read that there's some good research supporting the notion that hugging, massage and even watching soppy movies will boost specific hormones that will make you feel happier! Check out this article from the...

23 September, 2012

Happiness is largely about what we think in our minds but it's also influenced by what we do with our bodies!  The science of happiness, or more accurately the field of positive psychology, has focused largely on factors like optimism, engaging and connecting with others, finding...

19 September, 2012

I've no idea why really happy people are referred to in this article as "annoying" but I do like what they say about what we can learn from happy people about how to enjoy and create happiness for ourselves.  You can read the full and original...

18 September, 2012

Now, it won't come as any surprise to any of you to read/hear that I, Dr. Happy (Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute) am a fan of happiness and, more generally, of positive emotions.  There are many reasons for this, most of which I've outlined...

17 September, 2012

I was thinkiing this morning, of a relatively trivial matter, but then realised, as I do often, that in many trivial matters are less than trivial lessons to be learned.  My thoughts, to be more specific, were to do with smartphones and especially the latest trend,...

17 September, 2012