happiness Tag

We've all got that sad-sack friend or grumpy uncle. You know the guy. If he won the lottery, he'd complain about the taxes. It almost seems like he's constitutionally incapable of finding any lasting happiness. Psychologist Fred Luskin says that's absolutely right. "Happiness," says Luskin, a...

19 March, 2011

by Joe Wilner from Psych Central Negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and anger are natural and adaptive to aid in our survival. However there are many times when these emotions get the best of us and seem to cause more problems as opposed to enhancing survival. The...

18 March, 2011

According to incredulous sources, local hardware store employee and grown adult human being Rob Peterson, 37, actually expects to be happy in life. Despite possessing a fully developed brain and a general awareness of the fundamental nature of existence, sources said Peterson apparently continues to believe...

17 March, 2011

A group of researchers have discovered new facts which are related to human life’s most desired thing, happiness. It has been proved by the study, that happiness is a feeling of contentment, which actually comes after getting involved in some kind momentous or result oriented...

17 March, 2011

It's Wednesday morning here in Sydney Australia which means that for most people, it's the middle of the working week.  Some people call this "hump day" because they feel that if they can get over this "hump" then it's a downhill run towards the weekend.  What they...

16 March, 2011

In a cross between literature, philosophy and psychology, The Sydney Morning Herald published this interesting story from one of Australia's (and the world's) great writers, David Malouf.  Titled "Why is it so hard to find happiness?" it begins...

12 March, 2011