Author: Dr Happy

Happiness comes from practising positive behaviours, Happiness also comes from not practising, or avoiding, negative and self-defeating behaviours. Here are a few things I suggest you DON'T do, or try to STOP doing, if you want to enjoy more happiness ...

29 October, 2023

Why do you do what you do? There could be any number of answers to that; and none of them would necessarily be right or wrong. Or maybe it's more accurate to say all of them could be right and wrong. There's no perfect "why?" But...

27 October, 2023

Like many of you, I'm continually trying to be better. I typically have a number of goals towards which I'm working, goals that in one way or other will enhance my happiness and the quality of my life overall. As part of that work towards...

26 October, 2023

Many years ago, when I was more actively involved in coaching and Executive Coaching, I developed a model that many of my clients found helpful. It's something I believe anyone can use, and so I thought I'd share it with you all today. The model...

25 October, 2023

In some ways, it's an obvious truth. Yet it still needs to be said and we still need to be reminded. No one is, or should expect to be happy ALL the time. If you think about this another way, would you really want to...

24 October, 2023

I recently presented a keynote to all the staff of a great organisation who have, among their values, to be positive all the time. Now, as Dr Happy, Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute, I'm not opposed to positivity. But positivity if left unchecked,...

23 October, 2023

I assume I'm not alone in feeling, at times, like there's nothing I can do that will help. Whether it's personal or professional or global events, sometimes things just seem hopeless. And if or when we feel hopeless, we can become paralysed, do nothing, which...

20 October, 2023