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by Michael Austin for Psychology Today Happiness is impossible, if we're engrossed by self-love. Published on October 26, 2010 Over the past couple of years, I've spent some time studying virtues and virtue-based ethical theories. This is, amazingly, part of my job as a moral philosopher!...

27 October, 2010

Yet again, Psychology Today has published a fascinating article on happiness. In this story, Chris Peterson, one of the world's most renowned and respected positive psychologists, writes about the difference and benefits of experienced happiness and remembered happiness. Read an exerpt below and enjoy...

26 October, 2010

Money can buy happiness if you spend it the right way! So says this very good article from The Province...

25 October, 2010

I recently read an article in the SMH by social researcher, Hugh McKay. Now I don't always agree with Hugh's opinions but I do usually find them thought provoking and this one in particular...

25 October, 2010

by Dr. Tom Muha for The Capital Thomas Edison once quipped, "I failed my way to success." Well known for his tenacious pursuit of perfecting the light bulb, we can only wonder what our lives would be like today if Edison had been a pessimist. Rather...

25 October, 2010

Can happiness be described in just 3 lines? I recently was sent this haiku which I think sums up much of the core of positive psychology and thus, of happiness...

22 October, 2010

By Nichole Force for PsychCentral A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that we have much more control over our minds, personalities and personal illnesses than was ever believed to exist before, and it is all occurring at the same time that a flood of other...

21 October, 2010