by Penny Marshall As I turn the pages of our family photo albums, I see countless pictures of our children growing up. Most of the shots capture moments of happiness or achievement: my daughters are laughing on care-free holidays under azure summer skies, or clutching a...
Just this morning I stubmbled upon these 2 interesting articles based on some fascinating and important research. In short, having friends and close relationships is good for your health...
by Jeremy McCarthy for Positive Psychology News Daily As a new parent, I can tell you that there seems to be a surprising lack of guidance from science about how to have (and raise) a child. Since Catherine and I first learned we were expecting,...
One of the most exciting parts of positive psychology is focusing more on and more fully utilising our own strengths. In addition, happiness comes partly from recognising and appreciating strengths in others. So this article from one of positive psychology's leaders is, I believe, distinctly...
by Michael Austin for Psychology Today "the human good turns out to be the soul's activity that expresses virtue." -Aristotle Aristotle tells us that happiness is not only something that we receive, but it is also something we achieve. Many of us hope that circumstances will...
I'm sitting here, back at The Happiness Institute, after an exceptionally busy few weeks. I have another few weeks coming up that will be equally busy but today, I'm enjoying a lovely period of relative quiet during which I can catch up, plan ahead, and...
by Bridget Grenville-Cleave for Positive Psychology News Daily Readers of my previous articles in Positive Psychology News Daily may remember that one of my fascinations with positive psychology is the existence of its many paradoxes. Some of these have acquired official labels, such as ...
...a constant balancing act; we need to take care of ourselves but the research (and common sense) also tells us that we also need to nurture our relationships and practice compassion and love. With this in mind, and noting that the two sides to the...
There are so many out there and here's another great happiness relevant quote...
A few weeks ago I proposed a happiness challenge and for various reasons, have not gotten around to following up the idea; which is a pity because the first challenge seemed to be very popular! Well, the time has come to offer you another happiness...