7 questions for finding happiness…at the end of the day
Ask yourself the following 7 questions for happiness and satisfaction...
29 September, 2010
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The various contributors to happiness
by Jacquelyn Ferguson Thankfully, psychology is taking a different view of and approach to mental health. Historically, it focused on what's wrong with us: depression, schizophrenia, etc. Now, with the leadership of Positive Psychology pioneer, the University of Pennsylvania's Martin Seligman, psychologists are increasingly focusing...
29 September, 2010
The odd relationship between money and happiness
by Carl Richards for the NY Times You may have heard about the recent study out of Princeton University, in which Daniel Kahneman, a winner of the Nobel in economic science, and co-author Angus Deaton found that people reported an increase in happiness as their incomes...
28 September, 2010
Overcoming the paradox of parenthood – ensuring happiness with kids
by Robert Biswas-Diener (www.intentionalhappiness.com) Most people claim to want to have children and just about everybody loves their children. Which is why it is so interesting that Nobel-Prize winner Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues found that working women consider taking care of kids to be...
28 September, 2010
Are there pitfalls associated with valuing happiness?
by Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. for Psychology Today Nothing could be more American than the pursuit of happiness. Along with life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness is written into the Declaration of Independence as a fundamental right. Everyone I know wants to be alive, free, and...
27 September, 2010
Happiness and music
This morning's free eNewsletter, sent out by The Happiness Institute each and every Monday morning, includes 2 guest articles that both, in very different ways, touch on the relationship between happiness and music. I hope you find them of interest...
27 September, 2010
Happiness is in positive relationships…because other people matter
by Michelle Gielan for Psychology Today An important relationship in my life just ended...
25 September, 2010
9 reasons why you deserve happiness
I recently stumbled upon an article that described a phenomenon in which people were afraid of success. It reminded me of a discussion I had with a client a few years ago in which she felt she did not deserve to be happy. Unfortunately, for...
24 September, 2010
Happiness versus Fulfillment
Happiness research is becoming the new religion in social science. Out with the psychoanalysts, in with the hedonists. Instead of finding out what makes you "tick," the "High Priests of Happiness" merely seek to tickle your fancy. The new worship of happiness, ushered in by...
23 September, 2010