Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness? Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa? Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...
Read my review of Martin Seligman's latest publication, "Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being" Let me start by noting that I’m a huge Seligman fan. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and dine and talk to Prof. Seligman several times during his visits...
Another research study that's achieved a lot of attention lately (in addition to the happiness gene study) is this one, referred to in a TIME magazine article as "Why happiness isn't always good: Asians vs Americans". It starts like this...
There's been a lot of talk lately about the finding of a happiness gene. Numerous articles were published last week including this one in the Sydney Morning Herald...
I don't want to sound like a Scrooge but to a large extent, I think Mother's Day is just a plot hatched by marketing professionals to encourage us to buy more stuff (dare I say make us feel guilty if we don't buy more stuff)! I've...
Now here's a great happiness related article from Science Daily ScienceDaily (May 2, 2011) — People who look at the past through rose-tinted glasses are happier than those who focus on negative past experiences and regrets, according to a new study published in the journal Personality...
The Happiness Within - by Jaime Cundy The Cullinan diamond is the world's largest diamond. Frederick Wells, a surface manager for the Premier Diamond Mining Company, found the diamond on January 26, 1905 in South Africa. There is no argument that the diamond had been residing in...
Here's another interesting article from Psychology Today by Nicholas Kardaras Oh, yeah. That decadent all-the-toppings Ben and Jerry's double fudge brownie is really going to taste good as you let it go from spoon to joy-spot. Mmm-hmmm. Yes indeed, that chocolaty good-taste is really going to make...
Flow is the technical term positive psychologists use for being "in the zone". Flow is a great way to boost your life satisfaction and wellbeing, as well as a great path to more happiness. In this morning's free eNewsletter I posted a series of articles...