For many years now, I've been a strong advocate of the practice of paying attention to your inner workings. That is, rather than ignoring or denying them, or pretending they don't exist, I've encouraged others to and tried myself to practice acknowledging and allowing all my...
It's Monday morning here in Sydney Australia and most of us are wrapping up the final 24 hours of a long weekend (including Good Friday and Easter Monday). I'm well aware many of you might have had to work, or have been busy with family or...
Wohoo! It's time for Dr. Happy's happiness tips! Yeah. Nah. Too often, too many equate happiness with unbridled exuberance and ecstatic joy. If that's you, or your type of happiness, then great. But if not, then that's also fine. Not all of us feel high levels of high intensity...
Allow me to state at the outset, I've nothing against answers! You know what you know and if you can know more, that's relevant and useful, then that's great. But I do think we sometimes focus too much on knowing and are much less comfortable in not...
As many of you would well be aware, I spend most of my (professional) time speaking at conferences and events, and writing books and other content. When I speak and write, I focus mostly on various applications of Positive Psychology, including themes such as happiness and...
Do you believe everything you read in the newspapers? See in online news sources, or hear on TV or radio? Do you believe everything other people say? I hope not! But before I go on, let me be clear, this post isn't about "fake news" or conspiracy theories....
So, what have I found this week in terms of my readings around happiness and wellbeing? As always, quite a bit ...
It's International Day of Happiness! Why does this matter? Well, on the one hand it doesn't. Because EVERY day should be a day in which we focus on happiness. But at the same time, like other special days that highlight particular causes or issues, it's a...
I've just taken a few days off, a long weekend of sorts, and I thought I'd share a few lessons or reminders of why I think this is so important to do on a regular basis. First up, describing this as "days off" implies that it's...
Regular readers will be familiar with my regular summary posts in which I share some articles I think will be of interest to those who follow my work and musings here at The Happiness Institute. And so, once again, I'm happy to invite you to read...