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Here at The Happiness Institute our mission is to spread the principles of positive psychology as widely as possible; that is, we want to teach happiness to as many individuals, couples, families, schools, institutions and organisations as possible. We are, however, a business and so...

29 August, 2009

Dr. Karen Reivich, who regularly writes for Fishful Thinking, focuses and writes some great stuff for parents looking to apply the principles of positive psychology to bring more happiness and resilience to their children and families. In this, her latest newsletter, she writes about finding...

29 August, 2009

It's been a while but I have, over the years, often referrred to the wise and practical writings of Lou Tice. Although he only rarely refers specifically to happiness and positive psychology his works are almost always, at the very least, indirectly relevant. This recent...

29 August, 2009

At the heart of positive psychology is a fundamental shift from a focus on fixing problems to a focus on enhancing strengths; from treating illness to creating wellbeing; from managing misery to developing happiness. Unfortunately, most health care systems across the world are not really...

29 August, 2009

In an ideal world, we'd all have full control of our professional destinies and be able to choose the work life we wanted. But that's hardly always true these days, in a time of recession, layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. Many of us are enduring...

28 August, 2009

Happiness is like a butterfly, it often comes when we're doing other things - click here Habits, meditation and the pursuit of happiness - click here Study links happiness to body-shape in pre-teens - click here...

27 August, 2009

From my Twitter page, http://twitter.com/drhappy here's my definition of happiness in just under 140 characters Happiness is having a purpose, health, optimism & resilience, connecting with others, using your strengths, being grateful & having fun!...

27 August, 2009

Health and Happiness Increase With Slowness Well actually, yes we would, and we_ã_d all be a lot healthier and happier as a result, according to Slow Movement aficionados, such as Carl Honorê©, author of In Praise of Slow. Paradoxically, says Honorê©, _ã–Slow_㝠isn_ã_t necessarily slow, hence...

27 August, 2009

What, if anything, is the relationship between work and happiness? Should work make us happy? The Harvard Business Review recently published this article on happiness at work...

27 August, 2009