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Math tests, soccer matches, the cafeteria bully. Grammar diagrams, global warming, dad losing his job. Now add this to some 8-year-olds' schedules: a second- period class on dealing with stress. Before graduating another generation of workaholic, road-raged adults, a number of California schools are intervening as...

12 February, 2009

The San Francisco Chronicle notes you can learn happiness - click here to read more Red and Black in Athens USA argues you can choose happiness, regardless of your situation - click here to read more And from WalesOnline, a suggestion that you can catch happiness -...

11 February, 2009

The positive psychology and happiness research has frequently touched upon love as a valuable positive emotion but rarely has it been referred to when positive psychology is applied to work places (despite the fact we know happiness at work is fundamentally important). As a result,...

09 February, 2009

Money is an emotional issue, especially during economic hard times. Social scientists have always warned that once a person's basic needs are met money doesn't buy happiness. But if you're wondering, or maybe even arguing over, what to do with any precious discretionary income these...

08 February, 2009

If I had to sum up the question I"ve been asked most frequently over the last few months, it would be something like "How can I cope with the current economic difficulties?" and/or "How can I keep my business or team focused when there are...

07 February, 2009

Can anything be more pure than a parent's love for a child? Parental love is one form of the character strength "capacity to love and be loved" as defined by Peterson and Seligman's Character Strengths and Virtues, a universally recognized notion. But is it possible...

06 February, 2009

Dan Gilbert claims that synthetic happiness, the happiness we experience when we imagine a given occurrence, is just as powerful as the happiness we receive when we actually experience an event. To read more - click here...

06 February, 2009

Can you 'catch' happiness from your friends, family and neighbours? Maybe, says one group of researchers who looked at how happiness spreads through social groups. They found that if you have a friend who is happy and who lives within a mile, it increases your...

06 February, 2009

One's happiness might seem like a personal subject, but a Kansas State University researcher says employers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees because it could be the underlying factor to success. Thomas Wright, Jon Wefald Leadership Chair in Business Administration and professor of...

04 February, 2009