Author: Dr Happy

Interested in happiness, wellbeing, neuroscience, focus, patience and more? Check out these articles …

Regular readers will be familiar with my regular summary posts in which I share some articles I think will be of interest to those who follow my work and musings here at The Happiness Institute. And so, once again, I'm happy to invite you to read...

13 March, 2024

Have you heard about “psychological safety”? And do you know how it could apply to you?

Psychological safety is, in my humble opinion, one of THE MOST IMPORTANT constructs in contemporary psychology. It relates to happiness, happiness at work, health, wellbeing and more. But (again, in my opinion) it's massively under-utilised!  Let's take a step back ...

13 March, 2024

Happiness is being able to live with what ifs …

What if you didn't have to solve every problem? What if you didn't have to get it right every time? What if you didn't have to feel good every day? What if it were OK to slow down and to rest? What if you accepted that you can't please...

12 March, 2024

If you can just do this ONE THING each day, you’ll enjoy more happiness and a better life!

I usually resist the sensational headlines that claim there's a "secret" to happiness or that you just need to do this one special thing to achieve your goals and live a healthy happy life forever and ever! And yet, I've just done it #facepalm But if you...

11 March, 2024

A quick roundup of some interesting happiness related articles

Here we go again. It's the end of the week and as I often do, I'm sharing just a few of the happiness related articles I've found over the last week or so. Not all are directly about happiness, but all will be relevant to anyone...

08 March, 2024

What do I really mean when I talk about happiness?

I can't believe I've not written about this before on this blog! I know when I speak at events and conferences I almost always touch on this topic or address this question. But for some reason, I've been neglectful, and I don't remember ever really writing...

07 March, 2024

If you’ve ever wanted to know THE BEST happiness and wellbeing routine then this article is for you!

As many of you would know, I've pretty much spent my entire adult life studying and teaching aspects of psychology, mental health coping and happiness to literally thousands of individuals as well as ...

06 March, 2024

Self care lessons from … my coffee machine!

If that headline caught your attention then ...

05 March, 2024

This could be the most important word in your vocabulary!

We're all striving for something. For some it's health and wellbeing. For others, happiness and contentment, joy and / or fun. And for others still it might be performance or productivity or success. Regardless, no matter who you are and what you're striving for, there will always...

04 March, 2024

This week’s wrap up of interesting happiness articles

It's Friday again. And that means it's (usually) time to share a few articles that for some reason or other, I've found interesting and thought you might also find useful. Not surprisingly, they all related to happiness in some way or other, and if not directly...

01 March, 2024