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Achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple habits, each and every day. I've been saying this since The Happiness Institute was established, almost 20 years ago now. And when it comes to happiness and positivity, not much has changed! So here are 3 habits...

Happiness requires prioritising. Happiness requires taking care of your physical health and wellbeing. Happiness is built on optimism and hope; good quality relationships and fun with friends. But the chances are you'll do none of these things if you don't think you matter. Which is why self-care and...

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” So said Ralph Waldo Emerson. And for every minute you get upset in other ways, you lose another 60 seconds of happiness. No one will be happy EVERY minute of EVERY day; it's quite normal and...

Happiness is many things. Happiness is fun; happiness is health; happiness is spending time with family and friends. But happiness is also living a life of meaning and purpose; happiness is also spending as much time as possible pursuing our passions. But what if you don't know your...

Too many of us undermine our own happiness and success. Too many of us speak to ourselves in ways that eats away at health and happiness. Self-sabotage will cruel your happiness; unless you recognise and stop it ASAP...

It's hard (if not impossible) to be happy if you don't like yourself. Happiness won't come to those who engage in self-loathing; and who, then, can't find the motivation to do what they need to do for self-care. It's almost stating the obvious, or it should be...