I just read a fascinating post on the "Friends of Positive Psychology Listserve" commenting on some unpublished but very exciting research into 'syntelic" flow (i.e., flow experiences with others). It seems that Charles Walker and a group from St. Bonaventure University have found that...
I hope you enjoy and/or find interesting this happiness related article from the Desert Dispatch. What Ails You: Happiness is a state of mind By JACKIE RANDA Stress is a general feeling of unhappiness. You feel pressured, inadequate and frustrated. How many times have you said to...
And another great quote with happiness connotations: A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. - Walter Winchell, 1897-1972, American Newspaper and Radio Commentator Happiness is building and maintaining positive relationships...
Studying happiness takes serious cash 5:00AM Sunday September 23, 2007 NZ Herald By Julie Jacobson A Victoria University lecturer has been awarded a $600,000 government grant to research how being happy makes us happy. Dr Paul Jose, a senior lecturer at the university's school of psychology is one of...
The following wonderful, happiness relevant article comes from The Coaching News: HELPING YOU HELPS ME: HEALTH BENEFITS OF COACHING A recruiting poster to gain volunteer mentors from within a large corporation stated that becoming a mentor was a "way to give back to others" and would...
Last week I sent out the email below to subscribers to my weekly tips (on another of my websites - www.makingchanges.com.au). Although this site is not directly associated with happiness it is designed for those wanting to make positive changes in their lives and...
Helping Creates Happiness and Health By: CANDACE BAHR - Staff Writer North County Times Give your abundant life a hearty boost this fall -- find a giving opportunity! Shelve books for the library, work the community health fair, bake cupcakes for the nursing...
Staying active is key to senior health, happiness By Ginny McCabe Contributing Writer - The Oxford Press Thursday, September 20, 2007 Staying active and involved is vitally important for the health and wellness of today's seniors. "It's really critical for seniors to stay active and healthy, especially if they...
The pursuit of happiness - 20 September 2007 Barking & Dagenham Recorder CHILDREN sat on the floor in a horseshoe arrangement, clapping their hands, singing, interpreting photographs of isolated pupils and making new rules about their playground. The year two pupils from Thames View Infant School...
I was just re-reading a section of Stephen Post and Jill Neimark's wonderful book "Why good things happen to good people" and I came across the following research highlight: When individuals who were unhappy in their marriages but stayed in them were surveyed five years...