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The American psychologist Robert Emmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology, is one of the foremost researchers in the psychology of gratitude, part of the growing discipline of positive psychology. Together with his colleague Michael McCullough, he has done pioneering work in the scientific...

Happy as a clam? http://www.savagechickens.com/2009/08/happy.html ...

My son's seen my on TV, heard me on the radio and seen my books in bookstores; so he things I'm REALLY famous and can't understand why when walking down the street, people don't stop and stare and point at Dr. Happy! I recently tried to...

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. - Martha Washington, 1732-1802...

I was talking to a client recently, and she lamented that despite trying to make a particular change in her life she was not having much success. Tearily, she explained that "every night I go to bed telling myself that tomorrow I'll do the right...

"Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth...