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By Erin Skarda for Time magazine If you need another reason to give thanks at the dinner table on Thursday, how's this: people who maintain an "attitude of gratitude" tend to be happier and healthier than those who don't, according to a lengthy and instructive article...

Earlier this morning I posted a question on our Facebook Page asking what people were thinking about doing over the weekend to create more happiness. Not surprisingly, all of them (in one way or other) mentioned something that involved a combination of pleasure and satisfaction;...

For positive psychologists, it's long been recognised that happiness comes from knowing that other people matter. This now famous saying, attributed originally to Chris Peterson, is fundamentally important because within it we recognise that our happiness is not just about us; it is partly about...

t turns out, giving thanks is good for your health. A growing body of research suggests that maintaining an attitude of gratitude can improve psychological, emotional and physical well-being. Adults who frequently feel grateful have more energy, more optimism, more social connections and more happiness than...

by Adele Horin for the Sydney Morning Herald WHAT makes women happy? Julia Gillard's ascension to power in June made Australian women very happy, according to a new study that has charted the nation's well-being for a decade. ''It could be the swearing in of a woman...

Changing the way you perceive yourself might change the way you live your life! Earlier this morning I stumbled upon this interesting article about rebranding your business - CLICK HERE It reminded me very much of an exercise I had the participants do in a documentary I...

In our free eNewsletter which goes out every Monday Morning I posted, today, a link to an interesting article, originally from Positive Psychology News Daily, that referred to a number of happiness lessons that could be taken from Harry Potter. You can read the story...