Author: Dr Happy

A neuroscientist shares the 6 exercises she does every day to build resilience and mental strength

via CNBC by Wendy Suzuki When I first began researching anxiety in my lab as a neuroscientist, I never thought of myself as an anxious person. That is, until I started noticing the words used by my subjects, colleagues, friends and even myself to describe how we were...

01 September, 2021

7 Ways To Tap Into Your Personal Power And Find Success

via Thrive Global by Bryan Robinson “For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much—just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work—to make us feel that we are not...

31 August, 2021

Top Habits of Happy People

via Only Good News Follow the 3 habits of especially happy people to help you enjoy a better life. Goals: The kinds of goals you pursue can definitely impact your long-term happiness. The happiest people tend to pursue goals that enable them to connect to others. A...

31 August, 2021

Feeling stuck? Guilty? Overwhelmed? Try clearing these feelings out of your home

via TED Ideas by Ingrid Fetell Lee True confession: Next to my bed I have a little bit of guilt. It comes in the form of a notebook I purchased to capture my baby’s first months. I had grand plans of logging notes about every “first”...

30 August, 2021

A GOOD NEWS STORY ABOUT GOOD NEWS STORIES

By Dr Tim Sharp (aka Dr Happy) In my role as Chief Happiness Officer at batyr, I coordinate and deliver regular wellbeing sessions. In recent times, not surprisingly, we’ve focused a lot on resilience and coping with adversity but yesterday, I decided to do something...

27 August, 2021

How to stay positive when you really don’t feel like it

via Fast Company by Nick Wolny Four score and seventeen pounds ago, I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about relaunching my consulting company. Resigning from a cushy job in a pandemic would be challenging, but I’d made jumps like this before, so about nine minutes into...

27 August, 2021

Kids Are Getting the Wrong Message About Happiness. Here’s What You Need to Tell Them

via TIME by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson When we ask parents what they want for their kids’ futures, most answer: “I want them to be happy.” But if you ask most kids what they think their parents want for their future, the answer is usually...

25 August, 2021

Psychologists say a good life doesn’t have to be happy, or even meaningful

via QZ by Sarah Todd What does a good life look like to you? For some, the phrase may conjure up images of a close-knit family, a steady job, and a Victorian house at the end of a street arched with oak trees. Others may focus...

25 August, 2021

Why does our self-esteem rise and fall at any given moment? (and what can we do about it)

via Psychology Today by Lisa Firestone KEY POINTS Our critical inner voice is a pattern of negative thoughts about ourselves and others.The critical inner voice can be shaped by our upbringing and our experiences.Compassion will help combat the inner critical voice. On any given day of our...

24 August, 2021

The Importance of Noticing Small Moments of Beauty

via Mindful by Jane Anne Staw It was an ordinary day. Midafternoon, I took my dog for her usual walk around the block, mind on remedies for the writing class I was to teach that evening. While I was known for the community that usually formed...

24 August, 2021