How to be more hopeful
A large part of happiness comes from hope and optimism. So for those who're keen to enjoy more happiness, here's how you can have more hope...
14 May, 2018
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Learning new words; a cool way to boost your happiness!
via Time by KATY STEINMETZ Sometimes life, with the aid of an unrelenting news cycle, can feel like an exercise in parsing out the particular kind of bad we are experiencing. Are we anxious or depressed, lonely or stressed? Tim Lomas, a lecturer in positive psychology at the...
11 May, 2018
If you think in any of these 5 ways you’re really going to struggle for happiness
via Inc.com by Amy Morin As a therapist, I often work with people who are struggling to deal with tragic circumstances or traumatic events. But, I've also worked with many individuals who struggled to feel good even when good things happened to them. For one reason or another, they...
10 May, 2018
Adopt these 10 habits for greater mental strength
via the Ladders by Travis Bradberry Despite West Point Military Academy’s rigorous selection process, one in five students drop out by graduation day. A sizeable number leave the summer before freshman year, when cadets go through a rigorous program called “Beast.” Beast consists of extreme physical,...
09 May, 2018
Want to be happier? Don’t take your phone to bed with you!
via PsyPost by Eric Dolan New study has found evidence that keeping your smartphones out of your bedroom for a week can slightly improve your mental well-being. The research, recently published in Computers in Human Behavior, examined what happened after a group of participants agreed to temporarily abstain...
09 May, 2018
4 things to include in your morning routine for more happiness
by Eric Barker Sometimes life sucks. Bad. Really bad. And you feel like you want a refund. But, of course, we need to accept that Life Avenue is going to have its share of potholes. Albert Ellis, one of the most influential psychologists ever, knew that “acceptance” is...
08 May, 2018
Is skepticism getting in the way of your happiness? Here’s how to be happy anyway!
via GQ by Clay Skipper JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OLIVER BURKEMAN TALKS ABOUT HOW SELF-HELP CAN BE USEFUL AND OFFERS SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE CULT OF PRODUCTIVITY. Oliver Burkeman admits that he got into writing about psychology and mental well-being for The Guardian—with the regular (and not at all...
07 May, 2018
Dr Happy’s Top Ten Things To Do to Take Care of Yourself
from my free, Monday Morning eNewsletter (subscribe HERE) Are you kinder to others than you are to yourself? Do you take care of family, friends and maybe even colleagues more effectively than you take care of yourself? If you're like many of us; then the answer is probably...
07 May, 2018
11 things that will help you cope better with anxiety
Along with depression, anxiety is the most common form of mental ill-health. Anxiety and stress and worry, therefore, are some of the most common obstacles to happiness. But the good news is that there are ways anxiety can be managed and overcome; and as a result, those...
04 May, 2018
You can succeed at pretty much anything if you do these 5 things every day
via Entrepreneur by Obianuju Helen Okoye It seems that regardless of how well the typical American household does, as far as income goes, happiness fails to keep up. Has this happened to you? Looking back, did you notice that when you were younger, it didn't take much...
03 May, 2018