Author: Dr Happy

Spring-clean your life! 20 ways to discard the emotional baggage that’s holding you back

It's not quite Spring; at least not here in Australia. But who doesn't like a Spring Clean at any time of the year? Regular clean outs and tidy ups are great for your internal and external life; and just as great for your emotional life...

12 April, 2023

The Neuroscience of Optimism

There's no doubt optimism is a good thing. This isn't exactly the same as "positive thinking", a key difference being that optimism is grounded in reality. But when it's "done right", optimism contributes to more happiness and positive emotion, more health and wellbeing, and so...

11 April, 2023

‘Nature prescriptions’ can improve physical and mental health: study

What's the most effective treatment for depression and mental ill-health? Well, obviously that will vary from person to person just as what creates happiness and wellbeing varies from person to person. But, for too long, our focus (I believe) has been way too narrow. For...

11 April, 2023

Embracing Change: Managing Identity Crises in Stages of Life

Change is a constant. Uncertainty is the only certainty. Happiness is accepting all of this with grace and with love. I know all of that sounds cliched but I also know it's all true. So embracing change is a crucial component of embracing and creating...

11 April, 2023

5 Things You Should Do Every Single Day

I'm a big fan of habits. I've written a whole series of Audible podcasts on habits including "Habits for Happiness", "Habits for Happiness at Work", and "Habits for Mastering Anxiety (and depression and anger and more)" etcetera So doing the right things every day is a...

11 April, 2023

How to partner with your anxiety, rather than letting it make you miserable

By now, we probably all know that it's OK not be be OK all the time. That means, it's OK to feel sad and depressed, anxious and stressed. Happiness is not something we should ever expect to experience ALL the time. That being said, we...

11 April, 2023

How To Find Joy In Your Everyday Life

Happiness and joy can come from "big bangs", spectacular events and successes and wins. But by definition, these occurrences are relatively infrequent. So, for real and enduring happiness and joy we need to try to find positivity within the little things, each and every day...

10 April, 2023

Here Are 5 Low-Lift Ways to Boost Mental Health

No one can be, or should anyone expect to be happy all the time. But in good times and bad, there's always something we can do to enjoy more happiness and to boost our mental health and wellbeing. What this is, exactly, will differ for...

09 April, 2023

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Happiness

Happiness is great; and there's no doubt it has many benefits. But we can't enjoy happiness ALL the time. We all experience dark days and dark emotions. But when we do, there are things we can do to bounce back and to reclaim happiness ...

07 April, 2023

3 Ways to Overcome Feelings of Emptiness

I talk often about how happiness is not possible ALL the time. I talk often about how it's OK not to be OK all the time. I talk often about the normality of not being happy and especially, of common unpleasant emotions like depression and...

07 April, 2023