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This article is not directly related to happiness, or at least the links to happiness are somewhat tenuous, but it's interesting and at times funny...

11 April, 2008

As I hope you've realised by now, when we (here at The Happiness Institute) talk about happiness what we're really talking about is the effort to maximise positive emotions based on proven coaching strategies from the science of positive psychology. Well, Chris Peterson (one of...

10 April, 2008

Here's some interesting happiness research. Investigators have found that the frequency of sexual intercourse is associated with happiness! And increasing the frequency with which you have sex is equivalent to increasing your income by many tens of thousands of dollars in terms of your happiness! If you're...

09 April, 2008

In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces...

09 April, 2008

What's the purpose of life? How to achieve happiness? Happiness, love and compassion. Where to start on your path to happiness? You don't have to be a Buddhist to appreciate the Dalai Lama's words of wisdom on these and other happiness related topics. To read...

09 April, 2008

Now here's a good philosophy for happiness! If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. - Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996, American Journalist/Author/Humorist...

08 April, 2008

MONEY does buy happiness - to a point. Australians become happier with every dollar they earn, but the more money a household makes, the less happiness it gains. A seven-year review of the wellbeing of Australians has found happiness all but stalled when household income passed...

08 April, 2008

The Sad Stats On Happiness, Money And TV By JONATHAN CLEMENTS The Tampa Tribune Published: April 6, 2008 Put down the remote and slowly back away from the TV. Despite the sharp rise in our standard of living in recent decades, Americans today are little or no happier than earlier...

07 April, 2008

Please find below my latest positive psychology/happiness column from Body + Soul Click here to read Please also contact us if you'd like to find out more about our "Happiness @ Work" programs (including consulting, coaching, seminars and workshops). ...

06 April, 2008

WASHINGTON - Screaming sports coaches and cutthroat tycoons have it wrong: Nice guys do finish first, a new study suggests. The Harvard University study involved 100 Boston-area college students playing the same game over and over - a punishment-heavy version of the classic one-on-one brinksmanship game...

06 April, 2008