What are You Counting? By Dave Shearon for Positive Psychology News Daily on May 17 Positive psychology is a science, and scientists count things and measure stuff. Ed Diener recounts how his dissertation advisor steered him away from happiness as a research topic partly by saying it couldn_ã_t be...
Why do some men and women cheat on their partners while others resist the temptation? To find the answer, a growing body of research is focusing on the science of commitment. Scientists are studying everything from the biological factors that seem to influence marital stability to...
Every day the average person meets with tens if not hundreds of others; our family and friends, work colleagues and clients, or even bus drivers and coffee baristas. But do we really "meet" with them and do we really connect with them? For most of...
Scientist inspired by Dalai Lama studies happiness By RYAN J. FOLEY (AP) After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and emotions through mutual friends, the Dalai Lama invited Richard Davidson to his home in India in 1992 to pose a question. Scientists often study depression,...
By Cassie White - ABC online Having trouble finding happiness? Well, thinking about the happiness of others is the key to finding it ourselves, an expert says. The founder of the Happiness Institute, Dr Tim Sharp, says overall Australia is a pretty happy nation, although other countries...
There are positive links between access to technology and feelings of well-being, a study claims. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, analysed the results of a survey of 35,000 people around the world. Access to communication devices was found to be the most valued. It...
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. - Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) ...
Letting Go of Attachment, from A to Zen _ã–Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities._ã ~Dalai Lama Editor_ã_s note: This is a guest post from Lori Deschene of Tiny Buddha. If there_ã_s one thing...
Happiness is building and focusing on a great life and not worrying too much about momentary fluctuations in mood. What do I mean by this? Too many people ask the wrong question when it comes to happiness; too many people ask (themselves or others) "are...