Happy Tips

Want to learn how to fly? Peter Pan knows the secret. "You just think lovely, wonderful thoughts and they lift you up in the air," the perennial man-child advises Wendy in J.M. Barrie's classic play. But what if you want a shiny new car, flashy boat...

16 March, 2007

I can't remember where I first read or heard this but I was recently reminded of this great happines quote and I thought my happiness would be increased if I shared it with you! There can be no happiness if the things we do are different...

15 March, 2007

I thought you might find the following story, from Lionel Ketchian's Happ-E newsletter: There has been quite a bit of talk about the book, The Secret. The book is also available as an audio book on CD and a movie on DVD. Some of the...

15 March, 2007

This morning I came across the following interesting quote: Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love. - Zig Ziglar, American SêÑÔ_les Trainer and Motivational Author/Speaker As I often do when I read something of interest I translated this into happiness language...

15 March, 2007

In comparison to the attention the early years of childhood and adolescence receive, the middle years of childhood have often been neglected. But thanks to a new survey of 1,300 nine- to 12-year-olds by University of British Columbia educational psychologist Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, middle childhood is...

14 March, 2007

Money may not be able to buy you love, but what about happiness? Sarah Freeman reports on new research hoping to pinpoint the most contented place in Britain There have recently been a host of cautionary tales about the uneasy relationship between wealth and happiness. To...

14 March, 2007

American couples are increasingly opting to sleep in separate bedrooms to keep their marriages happy, according to new research. Builders and architects questioned by the US National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) predicted that by 2015, 60% of custom-built homes will have two master bedroom suites. Others...

13 March, 2007

Humans have consciously pursued happiness since even before Socrates first wrote about it. At birth, Americans are guaranteed "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" as written in the Declaration of Independence. Pop culture reflects our continuous search for this state of mind in hit...

13 March, 2007

When it comes to your long-term happiness, it's worse to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, at least according to a review article by Michigan State University psychologist Richard Lucas. Lucas set out to investigate a commonly held view in his...

13 March, 2007

I have serious doubts about the validity of research assessing happiness by geographic region but this happiness is, nevertheless, interesting to consider. To read more about happiness by postcode and the extent to which happiness varies based on socio-economic factors - click here. ...

13 March, 2007