Happy Tips

At the end of a distressing and fiery interaction, the old man says to the troubled woman: "You see", he said with a gentle smile, "there is a key to your happiness. There you really are", and he pointed to her heart and her eyes....

15 January, 2007

Workplace wellness programs have been around for years, but the latest twist actually intervenes in the lives of workers who face potential health risks. Although some might think that work and personal lives shoud be kept separate, the ever increasing database of research linking health and...

15 January, 2007

I found this somewhat informal happiness article and decided, that although it's slightly less than academic and basically a subjective thought piece from an undisclosed source, that it was still worth providing a link to as you may well find some if it interesting. ...

15 January, 2007

Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom King Edward sacrificed the throne of England, once said you couldn"t be too rich or too thin. Had she been familiar with weird science emerging out of an outfit called the American Mental Health Consortium, she might also have...

13 January, 2007

Happiness, the Danish Way Posted by Eric de Place on 01/12/2007 at 11:45 AM A while back I pondered why it is that Denmark ranks as the happiest country on earth. This little curiosity -- Danes reporting higher levels of satisfaction than citizens of any other...

13 January, 2007

HAPPINESS, like beauty, is hard to define. Pie and chips might be one man's bliss while another would sink into decline if faced with it every day. As January is the most depressing month of the year, now is the time to think about happiness. The...

12 January, 2007

In the never ending debate about what contributes to happiness, and particularly the relationship between happiness and money, the Gallup Organisation has been one of the few groups who've applied rigour and valid research methods to their analyses. Click here to read a summary of...

12 January, 2007

In debates about income inequality, this dilemma often arises: Should we divide the GDP pie more equally among society even if that means making the pie smaller? This question is complicated by another observation, that increased income doesn"t seem to make individuals any happier in...

12 January, 2007

Without in any way wanting to reinforce the throw-away, consumerist society in which we live, where (I believe) too many objects are bought, used for a short period, and disposed of ...

11 January, 2007

Forget salary, location, prospects - happiness is the new weapon in the drive to recruit the best and brightest new workers. Among other things, this interesting happiness story includes the following list of "Top 10 Things that make us happy at work" (in order): Friendly...

11 January, 2007