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by Hilary Young from the Huffington Post  It's one of the first lessons we learn as children -- "sharing means caring." We might not understand why we have to share at first, especially when there are younger siblings involved, but as we grow into adulthood, sharing...

06 November, 2013

by Dr. Paula Watkins One size fits all never fits everyone. This is as true for yoga and meditation as it is for what we wear. That’s why, in India—homeland of these traditions—there are many, many different paths winding to, around and up the meditation mountain. Desikachar put it...

06 November, 2013

Here at The Happiness Institute we've always said that achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day. Via Shannon Kaiser of MindBodyGreen we bring you, today, 10 simple happiness habits to practice each and every day...

05 November, 2013

To enjoy happiness we need to engage in purposeful and meaningful, important activites.  To engage in these activities is not always easy.  But those who get more done and then, enjoy more happiness and success, tend to achieve this because they possess more motivation.  And do you know...

05 November, 2013

What if creating more happiness was fun?  What if overcoming depression, even, was fun?  What if getting fitter and healthier was fun? Well much of this could be true as more and more research supports the benefits, for health and happiness, of dancing ...

02 November, 2013

by Erika Andersen from Forbes.com Here’s a really fascinating TED talk by Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness. His main point is that our happiness is primarily dependent on how we think about our life, vs. what’s happening in our lives. I’ve always thought this...

30 October, 2013

Happiness is great.  But long term, lasting, real and meaningful happiness is even better.  And the good news is we can cultivate lasting happiness with these 15 great habits posted recently on Psychology Today...

29 October, 2013

Risk nothing and gain nothing.  Play it safe and you'll win little of consequence.  Here at The Happiness Institute we don't advocate wild abandon when it comes to approaching life but we do know that those who try new things, take calculated risks in certain areas, are...

29 October, 2013