Positive Psychology News Daily is a great site which not surprisingly, regulalry publishes articles and reviews on topics related to positive psychology (e.g. happiness!). Much of it's writing is aimed at positive psychology practitioners and professionals but as regular readers of my happiness blog would...
I was recently made aware of this Japanese world view, wabi-sabi, which has inspired me to re-think my definition of happiness. You can check out the Wikipedia description - HERE But in brief, the definition of wabi-sabi includes...
As I've done before, here's another acronym for happiness this time using "weekend" as the foundation...
Experimenting and trying new things can boost your happiness in a number of ways...
Two separate and unconnencted situations led me to think about writing this short post: a rather unpleasant interpersonal interaction about which I wrote yesterday (you can see the blog HERE) and a question I was asked by a journalist...
Who determines your definitions of happiness and success? Are you letting others define happiness for you? I recently experienced an upleasant interpersonal interaction, the details of which I won't bore you with here, except to say that it caused me some degree of distress (yes, Dr. Happy...
Getting richer does not make a country happier in the long run, according to the largest-ever review of the links between a nation's wealth and the wellbeing of its citizens. The researchers looked at life satisfaction data from 37 countries collected over various time periods, from...
Those of you who follow my/our work here at The Happiness Institute know that central to much of what we recommend for happiness is clarity around life goals, direction and purpose. What's really important? What are your priorities for life? Know the answers to these...
Happiness is about much more than solving problems and overcoming obstacles but that being said, we all face adversity in life and learning how to deal with this in a positive and effective way can be fantastically useful. So this week we bring you an...
See Dr. Happy in action up in Queensland this December. Given that he doesn't give many public talks any more this is a great opportunity to see him live, and to also enjoy the wonders of Woodford Folk Festival which includes the Radiance health and...