We all face adversity in life; for some it's more significant than for others but we'll all have to overcome challenges and problems and difficulties. How we choose to do this effectively determines the quality of our lives. And now matter what happens you can choose more...
Happiness comes in part from working hard and achieving meaningful goals. Happiness comes in part also, from taking time out to relax and recuperate and regenerate. Too many of us think we're "too busy" to relax...
Happiness is a form of success so what can we learn from successful people? Well, according to Forbes magazine, the most successful people do the following things before 8.00am in the morning...
Happiness and enjoyment is all around us but...
It won't surprise many, or any of you to read that here at The Happiness Institute we spend much of our time helping people create better lives with (among other things) more happiness. For most, if not all, that requires change...
Here on The Happiness Institute's blog I focus, mainly, on things you can do to enhance your happiness. But as this thought provoking article from MarcAndAngel shows, for some people happiness, or lack of happiness, might be more about what you DON'T do...
There are thousands of different strategies and ideas on how to improve your life. But how are you supposed to know what really works? from PickTheBrain There are thousands of different strategies and ideas on how to improve your life. But how are you supposed to know what...
For happiness we need to play. Just as happiness shouldn't, nor should play stop when we "grow up". The article I want to share today argues that our younger people are being deprived of play. I very much support this proposition and argue that we should allow...
Here at The Happiness Institute our mission is to promote the principles of positive psychology and in doing so, make as many people as possible happy. One of the conclusions that repeatedly finds it's way into research summaries is that which ever way you look at...
by Elise Proulx from the Huffington Post Fifteen years after emerging as a major scientific movement, it’s clear that positive psychology -- the study of what brings happiness and meaning in life -- is not just a fad. The field is reaching new levels of breadth...