As I head out into a stormy Sydney day, and prepare for a busy day packed full of important challenges, I thought I'd pause to think for a minute or two about what I might be able to do to hold onto some happiness during...
by April Bogle for The Huffington Post
It's hard to deny that His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and the world's most famous Buddhist, is the also world's foremost expert on happiness. He clearly states in writings that seeking happiness is the...
In a recent edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman (one of the leaders in this exciting science of happiness) along with Stephen Schueller (both from the University of Pennsylvania) published an article reinforcing what many of us have been thinking and feeling...
by Oliver Burkeman for The Guardian
This year marks a century since the deaths of perhaps the two greatest psychologists America has ever produced. The one getting the attention in university psychology departments is William James, and fair enough: he did essentially invent the modern discipline....
A HAPPINESS FORMULABy Lionel Ketchian (www.happinessclub.com) Yes, a happiness formula that will help you not only understand happiness, but also how it can work for you. It is called the DOC Formula for Happiness. The letter D is for DECISION, O is for OBSTACLE, AND...
Happiness - Is religion a good prescription?
by Nigel Barber for Psychology Today
Some doctors (1) claim that the health benefits are so clear, and so pronounced that they should be prescribing religion! This perspective is a little naêve. After all, wealthy people live longer healthier lives...
I've been saying for quite some time now that happiness is very much dependent on attitude and on what we positive psychologists technically call optimism.
In turn, real optimism is very dependent on flexibility which brings me to clarify the heading of this post...
