Author: Dr Happy

via PsychCentral by Jane Tornatore When you are depressed, your mind sees no possibilities. You feel stuck, with no change in sight. Depression is brilliant. It is an amazing example of “we are what we think.” When we are depressed, our thoughts consist of things like “nothing will...

26 July, 2016

via Barking up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker You don’t laugh enough. Yes, humor can improve your life. Not too surprising, you say? Here’s the problem: you treat humor like a nice thing that happens, oh, whenever. But scientific research is showing giggles, guffaws and jokes...

26 July, 2016

via Inc by Tom Popomaronis Many people go through life on autopilot, doing the same things day after day without considering how their routines affect their lives. If you want to change your habits and create a better life for yourself, it's important to pay attention...

25 July, 2016

via Upworthy by James Gaines Scientists tested 3 ways to psych yourself up. One was the clear winner Let's say you're playing a game of soccer and it's not going well. It's been a long, tough game so far, and while everyone on your team has been playing...

21 July, 2016

via BusinessInsider by Mikael Cho Research finds that people are happiest on Saturdays — here's how to recreate 'weekend happiness' every day We're happiest on Saturdays at 7:26 p.m. At least that's what this survey found. Yet while the exact time of 7:26 p.m. seems strange, there have...

21 July, 2016

via LifeHack by Kristen Danley-Greiner Success isn’t limited to just how far you’ve climbed up the corporate ladder, but other aspects of your life, too, such as instilling a healthy balance between work and family, pursuing and achieving various goals and dreams, and simply embracing who...

21 July, 2016

via the Huffington Post by Lindsay Holmes New Year's resolutions often focus on improving physical health, but what if you focused on mental health this year? While the culture at large often dismisses mental self-care, in part because of the stigma against those facing mental illness, emotional...

20 July, 2016

Achieving happiness, I believe, requires little more than practicing a few simple disciplines each and every day. And so with your happiness in mind, I'm very happy to share with you this great article listing 11 things super happy people do every day to boost and...

19 July, 2016