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Here in Sydney, Australia, we've just ticked over into Friday afternoon; which means most people have probably started thinking about their weekends (if they weren't already for the last few days!). Here at The Happiness Institute we're devoted to helping as many people as possible...

12 March, 2010

Thanks to my friend in positive psychology, Jeremy McCarthy, here's a great conversation from the movie, City Slickers, that appears, in my opinion, to be directly relevant to those seeking happiness...

10 March, 2010

by Kristen Houghton - The Huffington Post's happiness writer Recently a very good friend was terminated from a position she truly thought was her dream job. Spending long hours, and expending enormous time and energy to do her absolute best for this job was something she...

09 March, 2010

I know it's March already but I've just finished clarifying my goals for 2010 and I want to share with you why this process is so important and so relevant to happiness. I know I should have had this done earlier in the year but,...

09 March, 2010

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. _ã_Helen Keller While Dr. Martin Seligman is considered the founding father of positive psychology, Barbara...

08 March, 2010

Employees Who Are Engaged In Their Work Have Happier Home Life ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2009) _ã” A Kansas State University study shows that invigorated and dedicated employees carry over their positive work experiences for a happier home life. K-State psychology researchers studied how positive work experiences extend...

06 March, 2010

For decades, psychology and its researchers have focused on the negative side of humanity _ã” the things that bring dysfunction into our lives. Depression, sadness, anxiety, you name it. More recently, psychologists have also begun to better understand the value of positive emotions too. This...

06 March, 2010

Achieving happiness at work is a skill that can be acquired, says Jane Howard, chief people officer of San Francisco-based Joie de Vivre Hotels. She flexed her happiness muscle recently--one cold February morning in a not-so-pleasant airport terminal. Howard had woken at 3:30 a.m. to...

05 March, 2010

...give some serious thought to these important questions which I've modified from a seminar I attended this morning (thanks Ben Renshaw!). With whom should I spend more time? To whom should I listen to more? ...

05 March, 2010

Talking Your Way to Happiness: Well-being Is Related to Having Less Small Talk and More Substantive Conversations Is a happy life filled with trivial chatter or reflective and profound conversations? Psychological scientists Matthias R. Mehl, Shannon E. Holleran, and C. Shelby Clark from the University of...

05 March, 2010