by Robert Biswas-Diener The Calamity Artist I don’t know if I would call it a “superpower,” but I am pretty adaptable. I have stayed in Amish homes and in Maasai huts. I lived for a month with a family in a remote village in India where I...
via Forbes by Heather Cherry Have you ever just felt like your lousy day would never end? Maybe things haven’t gone as you planned, and you feel like your bad luck is relentless. Bad days are never fun. Defining a bad day can look very different—anything...
via Very Well Healthy by Julia Metraux Key Takeaways A study found that a nine-month program focused on improving happiness helped lessen anxiety and increased levels of life satisfaction.Experts stress that happiness is something you should work at and cultivate throughout your life with certain techniques.Mindfulness...
via Eric Barker Friends are important. Yeah, yeah, I know: the only thing surprising about that is nothing. But how important are friends really? They’re critical for happiness. (I’m not even gonna quote stats on that one because you know it’s true.) Let’s up the stakes a bit, shall...
via Forbes by Tracy Brower Popular belief suggests we gain wisdom through life experience—and with everything we’ve been through over the past year, we should all be brilliant sages, scholars and savants. But interestingly, wisdom has depth and nuance that is worth understanding—because it can be...
via Psychology Today by Jennice Vilhauer Happiness is not an elusive, mysterious force—it is the result of skills that anyone can learn.Activities to increase your sense of well-being include practicing mindfulness and gratitude, removing negative inputs, and always having something to look forward to.Self-compassion, showing love to others, and physical wellness are also...
via the Ladders by John Anderer Could “Happiness 101” be a mandatory class for college freshmen in the future? It sounds impossible at first. After all, happiness isn’t exactly as straightforward as math or biology (to be fair, even those subjects are rarely uncomplicated). Moreover, happiness isn’t...
Letting go of negativity curtails amygdala persistence and may boost well-being. via Psychology Today by Christopher Bergland Key Points: New research examining how long people held onto negative feelings found that those whose amygdalas retained such stimuli longer reported more negative emotions and experienced lower psychological well-being...
via Well and Good by Erin Bunch Post-traumatic growth is a phenomenon that basically gives credence to the phrase, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” The experience is characterized by traumatic events resulting in positive changes for individuals, and according to new research, folks exiting...
by Kristin Neff Most people don’t have any problem with seeing compassion as a thoroughly commendable trait. It seems to refer to an amalgam of unquestionably good qualities—kindness, mercy, tenderness, benevolence, understanding, empathy, sympathy, and fellow-feeling, along with an active impulse to help other living creatures, human or...