friends Tag

There's no doubt friends are important for happiness.  Having a best friend can also be an important contributor to our happiness.  But the most important friendship, when it comes to happiness, health and wellbeing, is almost certainly the one you have with yourself!  Read this article from The...

19 September, 2013

The answer to the question in the title should, in theory, be easy to answer. But all too often the relationship between friendships and happiness is forgotten and unfortunately, happiness gets lost in selfishness.  Accordingly, I thought it important to share this article with you and...

22 March, 2012

The positive psychology research from the last decade or two indicates that there's absolutely no doubt that happiness and wellbeing, living a good life and flourishing depend at least in part on good quality relationships. Although we all make our own decisions about healthy living...

02 June, 2011

As important as your religious beliefs may be to you, they don't necessarily make you happier, a new study in the American Sociological Review finds. What does make you more satisfied with your life, the study finds, is having friends at your congregation and a...

07 December, 2010

Just this morning I stubmbled upon these 2 interesting articles based on some fascinating and important research. In short, having friends and close relationships is good for your health...

29 July, 2010

by Marshall Goldsmith for BusinessWeek If you want to acquire a sense of meaning and happiness, enlist a friend to assist you on a regular basis. All it takes is one phone call a day In my work, the most frequent question I hear is:...

14 April, 2010