We all have multiple domains within our lives - we have our working or professional lives, our spiritual, health and wellbeing, social and (among other things) our family lives. All of these are important for our happiness and with the weekend just around the corner, when...
Check out this great summary of the happiness & positive psychology movement by Ross Gittins from the SMH (here)...
One of the biggest obstacles to happiness is frustration and disappointment and one of the biggest contributors to frustration and disappointment is...
If happiness is living a full life and if happiness is having no regrets then this article, recently published in The Guardian, should be of interest to all in search of living a happy life...
On Saturday I ran a very successful and enjoyable workshop with 35+ fantastic people who all came along to learn how to live their best lives...
Acacia Parks is one of the leading lights in happiness and positive psychology research. I'm happy to share with you this article she wrote and published in a recent newsletter from the International Positive Psychology Association (HERE). The Happiness Seekers: who are they? This article is a...
Check out this interesting article by Sarah Berry from the SMH (HERE) in which I (Dr. Happy) am quoted! Happiness is not about being shiny and sparkly and new 100 per cent of the time. Although, you'd be forgiven for thinking it is. That's the view of...
Note: I received this email (sent via The Happiness Institute) just the other day and couldn't help but think that in so many ways it summed up many key principles of happiness and positive psychology. As you'll see, it's not all about smiley happy lovely...
As a psychologist I'm often asked, at dinner parties and BBQs and (not surprisingly) by clients...