Have you heard the saying that you can sleep your way to the top? Well I honestly believe you can sleep your way to happiness! It's hard to be happy if you're literally sick and tired all the time. There's no doubt that healthy living helps with...
Did you know that the world will fall apart if you take a vacation this year? That's right - stop spinning on its axis. The oceans will run dry and the birds will fall by the thousands out of the trees. OK, that sounds ridiculous. But...
Identifying and utilising strengths is a big part of our life and executive coaching programs, as well as our positive psychology courses, seminars and workshops. As many of you would well be aware, it's also something about which I frequently write in this happiness...
Will this man make you happy? The government's 'happiness tsar', Richard Layard, thinks he knows why we're all so miserable - we're overpaid, over-materialistic and lonely. But, he tells Stuart Jeffries, he has a plan to banish the blues in Britain, once and for all Tuesday...
Teaching happiness in schools is proving to be somewhat controversial as the quote below indicates: "Happiness lessons" that are used in many schools to teach children to be sensitive, empathetic and caring are under threat from a new hardline approach that advocates mental toughness. But...
Although, as many regular readers would know, we frequently encourage those seeking happiness to also attend to their health. In our courses and coaching we emphasise that happiness is much easier for those who're not sick and tired. At the same time, however, pain...
Although I now spend most of my time working as a positive psychology coach at The Happiness Institute (www.thehappinessinstitut.com) as some of you may already know I began my professional career as a clinical psychologist. For those of you who're not familiar with the...
For Happiness, Seek Family, Not Fortune Study Shows Family Relationships Bring Greater Happiness Than High Income By Salynn Boyles Money might buy happiness for some, but for most people having strong family ties is a much bigger predictor of contentment than income, a new study shows. When researchers analyzed...
Much has been made of positive psychology and the so called 'strengths movement' in recent years, initially in the US but increasingly in the UK and Europe. It sounds interesting, maybe even ground-breaking, but many HR practitioners have been left feeling that while the idea...
As most of you would know, our approach to coaching here at The Happiness Institute includes a significant component of coaching individuals, teams and organisations to make the most of their strengths. There's little doubt, if one reviews the life coaching and positive psychology research,...