'Science of Happiness' to Help Students Focus on the Positive By Tiffany Wilson - 26 Sep 2007 The science of happiness, called positive psychology, is now a group at BYU. One facet of positive psychology is the study of happiness and what is likely to increase...
What is Coaching? Everyone is familiar with the concept of coaching in sport, and life coaching is similar in principle. Just as Tiger Woods and other world champions like the Australian Cricket Team have coaches, so too can you benefit from the guidance of a coach in your...
He's Happier, She's Less So By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: September 26, 2007 NY Times Last year, a team of researchers added a novel twist to something known as a time-use survey. Instead of simply asking people what they had done over the course of their day, as...
As regular readers of this blog, and of our eNewsletter would know we, at The Happiness Institute believe very much (and our beliefs are supported by the growing body of happiness research) that happiness comes at least partly from doing good things to and for...
Spend, spend, spend. It's no way to happiness Catherine Deveny September 26, 2007 The Age You'll see them in shopping centres every weekend seeking sedation: people trying to buy their next high. REDUCE greed. There's your answer. Thank you and good night. Nothing new, nothing fancy, nothing even slightly original. Here's...
Happiness makes you healthier A recent study found that happy people may have a lower risk of disease. Recently, researchers concluded that people with positive mental attitudes display different responses to stress. The findings correlated with similar studies saying that the same people are at a less...
Appreciation can bring happiness By: Lindsay Casale Orion Online Why is it that we always want what we can't have? It rarely seems that we're truly satisfied with what we already have, and as a result, we're infatuated with obtaining what we think we want instead. But what...
Happiness is closely aligned with the self-help movement and as such, I sometimes have concerns that what some, within the self-help movement recommend may not actually lead to happiness. With this, and your happiness in mind, I bring you this interesting article from Psychology Today...
This blog is obviously focused mostly on understanding and enhancing happiness. At times, however, we all experience depression and other (so called) negative emotions. This is a normal part of being human but it is definitely worth noting that to experience real and...