No one can or should expect to be happy all the time. No matter who you are or what you do; things will go wrong. Facing and dealing with stress, therefore, is crucial for those of us who want to be happy; because the better...
Happiness isn't necessarily doing everything: it's more like doing what we want when we want. So if you had the freedom to do anything, what would you do? Because your answer to that vexing question is likely to be very similar to your answer to...
via Mindful.org by ELISHA GOLDSTEIN AND STEFANIE GOLDSTEIN Compassion is the feeling that naturally arises when you learn of the suffering of another, and that motivates you to want to do something to help. Far from being just a social nicety, compassion has a great...
via TED Ideas by Daniella Balarezo When we needlessly apologize, we end up making ourselves small and diminish what we’re trying to express, says sociologist Maja Jovanovic. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of...
via the Ladders by Eric Barker Sometimes just being happy is hard enough. Figuring out how to have a happy life can seem downright overwhelming. In his book, Authentic Happiness, University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman (the Big Kahuna of happiness research) says that there are four types of happy lives. That’s...
Happiness and living a good life is about living and learning. If we learn from our mistakes; they're not necessarily mistakes. And if we learn from negative experiences we can grow and improve, moving towards more happiness and a better life. Doing all this also...
Via Inc.com by Scott Maultz We're all made up of stories. In fact, life is one long narrative and we're all trying to write the best chapters we can before "The End." A deep way to start this article, I know, but the fact is we dig...
via PsychCentral by Cherilynn Veland I recently held a workshop on “Positive Psychology In the Workplace,” and it was a wonderful refresher on research-based happiness enhancers. One of the exercises I had the class do was to spend time reflecting on their successes. When was the last time...
via Inc.com by Scott Mautz "We aren't raising children, we're raising adults," says family therapist, psychotherapist, and author Susan Stiffelman. What we do as parents creates our kids' sense of normal, which ingrains habits and behaviors that carry into adulthood. Of course, we want the best for our children--for them to...
Happiness and success in life are about getting better each and every day. Yes, we want to accept what is and be grateful for who we are and what we have; but that doesn't negate the benefits of gradual and constant improvement. In fact, happiness...