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In my professional (and, for that matter, my personal) life it’s not hard to accept (given my job title and the name of the organisation I founded) that pretty much everyone knows I’m fascinated by happiness and by what makes for a happy life. Most...

13 May, 2011

If you're going to get through the tough times then you might as well enjoy the good times! Do you ever dampen down positive emotions? Do you ever "manage" (read minimise) your happiness? Have you ever discounted positives in your life or brushed away compliments?  If so,...

11 May, 2011

Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness? Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa? Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...

11 May, 2011

Read my review of Martin Seligman's latest publication, "Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being" Let me start by noting that I’m a huge Seligman fan. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and dine and talk to Prof.  Seligman several times during his visits...

10 May, 2011

I don't want to sound like a Scrooge but to a large extent, I think Mother's Day is just a plot hatched by marketing professionals to encourage us to buy more stuff (dare I say make us feel guilty if we don't buy more stuff)!  I've...

08 May, 2011

Now here's a great happiness related article from Science Daily ScienceDaily (May 2, 2011) — People who look at the past through rose-tinted glasses are happier than those who focus on negative past experiences and regrets, according to a new study published in the journal Personality...

06 May, 2011

The Happiness Within - by Jaime Cundy The Cullinan diamond is the world's largest diamond. Frederick Wells, a surface manager for the Premier Diamond Mining Company, found the diamond on January 26, 1905 in South Africa. There is no argument that the diamond had been residing in...

05 May, 2011