Here at The Happiness Institute we base almost everything we do on the belief that you can choose happiness (by choosing your thoughts, actions, re-actions etc). At the same time, however, there's no doubt that the number of choices available to us in this...
There's been much talk (and news) lately about happiness contagion. According to Science News, however, although happy people tend to have happy friends that may or may not mean happiness is contagious. To read an interesting take on the positive psychology debate about the "catchiness" of...
Can positive psychology be used to reduce anti-social behaviour - to find out, click here Positive psychology research explains why we feel happiness and "elevation" - click here to read more And lessons from positive psychology might even help those with depression find happiness - click here...
Emiliya Zhivotovkaya From Positive Psychology News Daily To read the full review - click here Why do so many people fail at New Year's Resolutions? What separates athletes that achieve lofty goals from people who procrastinate in accomplishing even simple things? These are central questions for me as a...
Following on from the article posted yesterday, I'm pleased to bring you more from Prof Losada about positive psychology and how it relates to work teams and organisations To read more about how to create happiness at work - click here...
Anyone with any credibility within the positive psychology world (that is those who study happiness from a scientific perspective) would note that our goal should not just be to "feel good" but to also, flourish and thrive such that we experience not just positive emotions...
Confirming much of what we know from the positive psychology and happiness research, this survey reinforces that happiness is at least partly related to connectedness and positive relationships To read more - click here...
For happiness, you shouldn"t 'should"! Happy people are optimists and optimists are realists. They aim high and look for positives but they're also inherently realistic facing, when necessary, the cold hard realities of the day. Expect a lot from yourself and from life but...
By Shan Ross IT'S official: happiness really is contagious. The sought-after commodity "ripples" through social networks, creating clusters of contentment and transferring the "feel good" factor for up to a year, according to a study released today. The findings are seen as the first tentative evidence...
Sharon Begley Newsweek Advice for anyone who wants to be happier: pick the right friends. For the increasing number of Americans who view happiness as a goal in and of itself rather than (sorry to be so old-fashioned) the result of, oh, leading a rewarding life...