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Achieving happiness need not be complicated; in fact here at The Happiness Institute we have, for almost a decade now, invited people to realise that achieving happiness requires nothing more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day. The disciplines are not over...

Now this is something close to my heart. The article to which I'm about to refer argues that children should be encouraged to play more; as much as I agree with this I also think the same principles apply to us adults. Happiness involves a...

Salary levels are well down the list of reasons given by both happy and unhappy workers for the feelings they have about their jobs. new survey from jobs website seek.co.nz found that among workers who consider themselves happy in their jobs, work environment topped the list...

Thank you to all the very many people who sent their well wishes and congratulations regarding the SBS TV documentary, the House of Food Obsessives. If happiness is expressing gratitude and appreciation, which it is, then my thanks go out to...

Check out this wonderful posting from Robert Biswas-Diener, one of the world's leaders in positive psychology (you can see the original HERE)...