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I was chatting with a friend the other day about racism and discrimination when I was reminded of many discussions I’ve had with clients about the way they seem to discriminate against themselves! A similar theme came up on The Happiness Institute’s Facebook Page recently highlighting...

22 June, 2011

In this morning's free eNewsletter I (Dr. Happy) wrote a short review of an essay by David Malouf titled "The Happy Life: the search for contentment in the modern world". It was follwed by some practical happiness tips all of which I share with you...

20 June, 2011

I’ve just had a fantastic two days listening to and talking to some amazing people (not all of whom were up on the big stage!). I won’t try to summarise everything I heard or learned, although I will be posting more articles and blogs inspired...

18 June, 2011

Today, Thursday June 16, I'm attending the Happiness & its Causes Conference in Brisbane, Australia (and I'm proud to say that I'm also presenting a keynote tomorrow afternoon)! You can check out the conference and the program HERE but in short, there's a wonderful line-up of...

16 June, 2011

Happiness vs wellbeing - is there really a competition?  That might seem like an unusual question but there's been much debate in recent years, within the positive psychology world, about the definitions of and comparative benefits of constructs such as happiness versus wellbeing versus flourishing and...

15 June, 2011

Note: this article was posted a few weeks ago on the Telstra site and also, on this blog. But because we sent it out this morning in our eNewsletter we thought we'd repost it here again for anyone that might have missed it. Hope you...

14 June, 2011

by Belinda Merhab Increasing rates of suicide are caused by the lack of compassion in society and we need to become more affectionate if we are to change the world for the better, the Dalai Lama says. Addressing thousands of followers in Melbourne on Saturday on the true...

12 June, 2011