We can all have more happiness if we just focus on the right things; so here are 7 things to focus more on to boost the experience of happiness and other positive emotions in your life...
Maybe flexibility is the "secret" to happiness we're all looking for?!?!
I write this because when people ask me what they can do to have more happiness I often answer something like...
by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today
The premise of positive psychology is simple but important: the absence of distress and disorder is not the same thing as happiness and fulfillment. Can a similar premise be proposed with respect to physical well-being, namely that the absence of...
This was passed on to us here at The Happiness Institute by one of our regular readers who noted that it's been doing the email rounds and that it might be of interest to other readers. We definitely agreed with the latter so here it...
by Sharon Salzberg for the Huffington Post
Last week the Dalai Lama was at Emory University, where he holds a Presidential Distinguished Professorship. Amongst the offerings were a teaching on compassion and an exploration of scientific research into compassion meditation. There was also a discussion with...
By GAIL LIBERMAN for the Palm Beach Daily News
If you_ã_re starting to think about what to buy a loved one for the holidays, it could pay to forego the luxury car and substitute two tickets to the Kravis Center.
At least, that_ã_s what research by two...
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Can money buy happiness? Apparently it can--if that money is spent on someone else. New research shows that people around the world gain emotional benefits from using their financial resources to benefit others. The research, which...
