Author: Dr Happy

At the risk of oversimplifying, confidence allows us to do what we want or need to do to live the lives we want to live and therefore, to be happier and more successful. Happiness and life satisfaction, therefore, depend (at least in part) on confidence....

01 December, 2022

Most people think personality is fixed and unchangeable. It is and it isn't! Personality as a construct can be defined in different ways and the good news is that how many of us think about personality is amenable to modification. We can change. And as...

30 November, 2022

It's sometimes frowned upon to think about the past. But positive reminiscing can be powerfully positive. If you do it right, it can boost happiness and wellbeing and provide many benefits often overlooked ...

28 November, 2022

The practice of gratitude and appreciation is not new to Positive Psychology or even modern psychology. In fact, all the major religions and most of the great philosophers have, in some way or other, advocated for gratitude for thousands of years. But we now know...

27 November, 2022

Everyone would like to experience more happiness. But many people misunderstand happiness. Understanding what happiness really is, and isn't, is an important way to enjoy more positive emotion. This great article via PsyBlog is a great place to start if you'd like to clarify some...

24 November, 2022

This headline is a bit misleading. For some of us, happiness will always require "trying". There are no shortcuts and it's not always easy but it is possible to enjoy more happiness and some of these suggestions, via Eric Barker, will almost certainly be helpful...

23 November, 2022

Personality is important. Personality is also very often misunderstood. Although there's no doubt we all have certain "temperaments", there's also no doubt these are not necessarily as "fixed" as many think. That is, we might have certain patterns in our thoughts and behaviours that are...

21 November, 2022