Author: Dr Happy

Go Ahead and Indulge: A New Study Shows More Pleasure Will Help You Be More Successful

Are you careful not to indulge too much? Do you believe your happiness and success will come from being disciplined, and denying yourself guilty pleasures? Well, this might be good to a point; but it might also lead to denying yourself important happiness and even...

22 June, 2023

2 Reasons Why We Need To Spend More Time Thinking About Nothing, According To A Psychologist

Hustle culture. I love the idea of people striving, to achieve and to be their best. But I'm not so sure about the part of this that involves always being on the go, sacrificing sleep and rest, and ultimately, likely, burning out! Happiness and wellbeing...

22 June, 2023

9 Ways to Combat Self-Criticism

No matter who you are and/or how happy and successful you might be, I'm pretty confident at some point you've engaged in self-criticism. For some people, this is an occasional and manageable experience. For others, it can be crippling, eating away at any happiness or...

21 June, 2023

To be a happier, more successful person, get off the “hedonic treadmill”

Most of us grow up being told that happiness and success come from achieving and accumulating more, more and more! Our society tells us, often implicitly, that happiness and success will come to those who work towards being better, better and better. But how's that...

20 June, 2023

A fail-proof trick to get your brain into the flow every morning, according to psychologists

This is a pretty cool "trick". This is a pretty simple trick. And this pretty cool and simple trick will almost certainly help you get more done, get more done better, and as such, enjoy a greater sense of achievement and accomplishment and then satisfaction...

19 June, 2023

Psychological Flexibility. What It Means and Why It’s Important

There are many important constructs in psychology; and many that are important for happiness and living a good life. But one of THE most important and THE least known is psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is crucial for happiness and good mental health, for resilience and...

17 June, 2023

The Scientific Way To Rewire Your Brain (And Get Rid Of Your Anxiety, At Last)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, although I frequently encourage people to work to create more happiness, no one is or should expect to be happy all the time. Happiness is a great, and important part of living a good life, but...

16 June, 2023

If You Learn These 30 Tricky Life Lessons, You’ll Always Be Satisfied

I'm going to cut straight to the chase and note ...

15 June, 2023

The Power of Flow and Delight

I talk a lot about happiness. Most of us think a lot about happiness. And don't get me wrong, happiness is important and crucial for living a healthy and good life. But so too are many other emotions, including even other (lesser known) positive emotions....

15 June, 2023

A psychologist from Finland, the happiest country in the world, sums up the meaning of life in just 5 words!

Supposedly, Finland is the happiest country in the world. This isn't happiness the way most of us think about it (more like quality of life). But there's still much we can learn from Finland, and the Finns, about happiness and living a good life. Sound...

14 June, 2023