Coming soon, in one of our upcoming and free happiness and positive psychology eNewsletters, an article including three questions the answers to which hold the secret to happiness: - What's the most important moment? - Who's the most important person? - What's the most important thing...
Laughter has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce stress, increase muscle flexion, and boost immune function. Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well-being. To read more from The Examiner about how to laugh...
"Positive psychology aims to make common sense more common in and out of business", Ben-Shahar says. It does not focus simply on breeding happiness because "the negation of unhappiness does not necessarily lead to happiness". For example, if you are no longer depressed, you may...
As I mentioned just a few days ago, I've been regularly posting micro-blogs on Twitter - see http://twitter.com/drhappy You can easily follow me and receive regular, short, sharp & succinct happiness "tweets" in which I post practical happiness tips, or sometimes happiness prompting questions in just...
We'd all love to have happiness at work...
Happiness is not ever a solo pursuit but rather, one that depends at least partially on our relationships with others. As I've noted many times, happiness is not just about feeling good it's just as much about doing good. Other people matter for...
The Examiner regularly publishes articles relevant to happiness, health and wellbeing and recently they've produced two more good ones...
I'm regularly posting short, sharp happiness tips and information on Twitter these days...
by Angie Le Van (www.inthriving.com) The second I met Chelsea and Maya George on a train from Salzburg to Prague, I knew there was something special about the mother-and-daughter pair. At 5, Maya had already explored much more of the world than I had in my...
One aspect of positive psychology and happiness research is on positive parenting and raising children to experience as much happiness as possible. To read a great article describing the "perfect dad" - click here And the Mail Online includes another article on fatherhood and...