Why do humans and their primate cousins get more stress-related diseases than any other member of the animal kingdom? The answer, says Stanford University neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, is that people, apes and monkeys are highly intelligent, social creatures with far too much spare time on...
I've just added an interesting new resource to our happiness site. Click on the following link and complete The Happiness Institute's Happiness Test to find out how happy you really are - free happiness test. ...
There is a saying: "Life is a ball of yarn - if you want to unwind it, you need a therapist, if you want to make a sweater, you get a life coach." At The Happiness Institute we're all about promoting happiness, satisfaction and wellbeing (not...
Gossip is a stress buster Men gossip as much as women, but they spend more time talking about themselves. This is one of the findings from a study about the role of mobile telecommunications in the 21st century. The study, "Evolution, Alienation and Gossip" by the...
One of the more interesting, and better, happiness books released during the last few years has been Jonathan Haidt's "The Happiness Hypothesis; finding modern truth in ancient wisdom." Although this blog posting is not intended in any way to provide a full or thorough...
Another interesting study from the latest Journal of Positive Psychology explored the association between interpersonal relationships, irrational beliefs and happiness (or life satisfaction). In short, the results indicated that interpersonal relationships mediated the association between irrational thoughts and happiness. What does this mean?...
I discovered a fascinating article in the latest edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology - please enjoy the following brief summary. Research investigating the relationship between self-contruals and subjective well-being has traditionally focused on understanding how dimensions such as positivity-negativity and internality-externality relate to...
Life Coaching can help you take on a whole new look - and accordingly, experience more happiness. Below is a link to a story of a succesful woman who discovered that midlife is not too late to take on a new look. Many of us...
At The Happiness Institute our efforts are predominately focused on offering happiness life coaching solutions, and related courses, to help those who're struggling in their lives experience more positivity, balance and (obviously) happiness. We also like to bring you stories of others working in this...
I recently stumbled on what sounds like a fascinating book. Taking photos while back-packing around the world, Julio Cesar Osorio created "Work Play and No Rest" in which he concentrated on the poorest areas of the countries visited to show how children live only...