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How to be happy from the Huffington Post While visiting my old stomping grounds in New York City a few months ago, I remembered an important truth: We all want to be happy. On a lunch break during a meeting I stood in line for soup in...

by Susan Krauss Whitbourne for Psychology Today We all like being thanked. It's a great feeling to have someone, especially someone who doesn't stand to gain, tell us that we made a difference in their lives. In the past few weeks, I've had the good fortune...

by Marie-Josee Salvas Shaar There has been a lot of press about health, fitness, and obesity lately. It seems like everywhere we turn, there are new stats telling us why we need to pay serious attention. As a health coach, the most common excuse I hear...

Just over a month ago, as the warmer, summer months were coming to an end here in Sydney, Australia, I went for a Sunday afternoon swim with my beautiful 11-year old daughter. I'd had a great weekend, a very constructive Sunday, and this was the...

Everyone has their own path to happiness. What's yours? by Barton Goldsmith for Psychology Today We all want to feel happy, and each one of us has different ways of getting there. Here are ten steps that you can take to increase your joie de vivre and...

Bernanke on the economics of happiness - from the Examiner Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed the graduating class of 2010 at the University of South Carolina. In an effort to be more interesting than financial economics, Bernanke_ã_s specialty, might allow, the Chairman instead...

Moderate drinkers enjoy more robust health than either big boozers or teetotallers, according to a study on the link between alcohol and cardiovascular disease. But downing a glass or two of wine every day may not contribute to enhanced well-being, the researchers cautioned. More likely,...