Can happiness be described in just 3 lines? I recently was sent this haiku which I think sums up much of the core of positive psychology and thus, of happiness...
By Nichole Force for PsychCentral
A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that we have much more control over our minds, personalities and personal illnesses than was ever believed to exist before, and it is all occurring at the same time that a flood of other...
As I head out into a stormy Sydney day, and prepare for a busy day packed full of important challenges, I thought I'd pause to think for a minute or two about what I might be able to do to hold onto some happiness during...
by April Bogle for The Huffington Post
It's hard to deny that His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and the world's most famous Buddhist, is the also world's foremost expert on happiness. He clearly states in writings that seeking happiness is the...
In a recent edition of the Journal of Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman (one of the leaders in this exciting science of happiness) along with Stephen Schueller (both from the University of Pennsylvania) published an article reinforcing what many of us have been thinking and feeling...
by Oliver Burkeman for The Guardian
This year marks a century since the deaths of perhaps the two greatest psychologists America has ever produced. The one getting the attention in university psychology departments is William James, and fair enough: he did essentially invent the modern discipline....
A HAPPINESS FORMULABy Lionel Ketchian (www.happinessclub.com) Yes, a happiness formula that will help you not only understand happiness, but also how it can work for you. It is called the DOC Formula for Happiness. The letter D is for DECISION, O is for OBSTACLE, AND...
