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Just a quick note, for those who're not aware, there are a range of options for catching more happiness outside reading this blog...
21 February, 2010
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Happiness…what we get when we give
If you do a nice thing for someone else knowing you'll reap some benefit yourself, is it still a good deed? What if your primary reason for doing it is because of the benefits it'll bring you? Researchers spend a lot of time debating whether any...
20 February, 2010
Happiness and…the defence of optimism
For those of us interested in happiness, positivity and optimism there are, from time to time, those against we need to defend our choices. Some, for example, criticise positive psychology and the pursuit of happiness (including the choice of optimism) without, in my opinion, really...
20 February, 2010
Happiness is_ã_looking forward to your vacation
It takes more than a vacation to make people happy. Indeed, vacationers tend to be happier than non-vacationers in the lead up to their break, but once they are back, there is very little difference between the two groups_ã_ levels of happiness. These findingsÔ_ by...
19 February, 2010
Inspirational happiness related quotes
One of my favourite happiness quotes comes from the renowned Tal Ben-Shahar (author of Happier) and goes...
18 February, 2010
Using Facebook for happiness!
Nailing our happiness colours to the wall Happiness. Love. For most of us these are all lovely notions, floating in balloons of abstraction in the stratosphere; limited to art more than science. Measuring these thing looks like too hard basket material. But more and more that's...
18 February, 2010
Happiness is…understanding the primacy of positivity
This article I wrote was recently published here but you can read the full version below...
18 February, 2010
The Heart of Happiness
As I've done several times in the past, I'm happy to bring you another great article from Lionel Ketchian of www.happinessclub.com THE HEART OF HAPPINESS! By Lionel Ketchian We just celebrated Valentine's Day, so let's talk about matters of the heart. On Valentine's Day you think of...
16 February, 2010
Happiness is…lessons from the Australian Positive Psychology Conference
I recently attended the 2nd Australian Positive Psychology Conference and learned or was reminded...
16 February, 2010
Relationships and happiness…one gesture at a time
What makes couples happy? What makes marriages last? It's the small stuff, it turns out: Telling him he looks great in his jeans. Bringing her coffee in bed in the morning. Sneaking off without the kids from time to time. Taking turns doing the laundry. Terri...
15 February, 2010