Happiness is staying positive despite problems and negativity; happiness is knowing not everyone will like you or agree but doing the right thing anyway; happiness is moving forward even if you know you might get knocked back at times. Happiness is, according to Mother Teresa,...
by Douglas Kenrick for Psychology Today Two days ago, I was happily walking down a street in Vancouver with my wife and my 6-year-old son. A young woman biked by, looking rather content. I recognized her as Elizabeth Dunn, a young professor at the University of...
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I've been following an interesting discussion lately on one of the positive psychology and happiness internet communities of which I'm apart which in short, has focused on the issue of and benefits associated with...
Check out this short, happiness related video segment of a longer interview with Tal Ben-Shahar a Harvard lecturer and researcher in Positive Psychology (the psychology of what is right with us and how to get more of that). Thanks to the Practical Wellbeing website In this five...
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by Roya Rad We live in a world that is progressing at such a fast pace that sometime we wonder if we can catch up. But yet, when it comes to understanding ourselves and our surroundings, we seem to be trapped in the shallow. This functioning...
We all slip up sometimes, and so too do others; so to find and maintain happiness go easy on yourself and others in your life and practice forgiveness. This article, from Positive Psychology News Daily illustrates how happiness can be recovered from those times we've...
by Richard Alleyne for the Telegraph UK Researchers discovered that the way people judge others says as much about their own mental wellbeing as it does about the person they are describing. The more likely people are to see others as happy, kind-hearted and emotionally stable...
by Amelie Chance for Mental Health News Healing a broken heart can be one of life_ã_s most difficult challenges; however, taking specific action can reduce the length of time it takes to overcome heartache. One of the great hurdles faced after a break up are the...