Happiness is without a doubt at least partly dependent on the quality of our relationships; the quality of our relationships, in turn, is at least partly due to the effectiveness of our communication; effective communication could be called assertiveness; and there are indubitably times when being...
Ever thought about using productivity principles to find more happiness? I recently found this article, by David Allen (www.davidco.com), the "Getting Things Done" guy, which talks about making productivity happen. As I read it I couldn't help but think that if you change a few...
Continuing our popular happiness challenges, today we, here at The Happiness Institute, encourage you to try the following...
by Charles D. Schmitz, Ph.D. and Elizabeth A. Schmitz, Ed.D With our fast paced society and the extreme demands hitting us from every side, more and more couples find negativity taking over their relationship. An abrupt interject of positivity into your relationship is the only way...
This article from the Mirror in the UK is short and sweet but they cite research that seems to suggest being busy and keeping active is certainly one way to find happiness...
As most of you know I spend much of my time teaching people and groups and teams and organisations to find happiness through application of the principles of positive psychology. Lately, I've been working with a small but special group of people who've all, in...
Can you really put a dollar value on happiness? I'm not so sure! But this research, the launch of which I was involved in last week, tries to do just that and there's no doubt it makes for some interesting reading...
This morning I presented a half-day workshop to a very special group of people. I guess you could say that all people are special in their own way but these people, attending a course I delivered on happiness and positive psychology coaching were all, in...
Even when it comes to happiness, people need to be reminded of what to do; many people I work with know what to do but they find it difficult to actually do it (on a regular basis)! Sometimes, I refer to this as the knowing-doing gap;...
This article refers to a presentation I gave just the other day in which I was asked to comment, at an AMP business lunch, on the findings of a report looking into the relationships between happiness, life satisfaction, money, marriage, employment status and a range...