happiness Tag

by Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. for Psychology Today   Nothing could be more American than the pursuit of happiness. Along with life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness is written into the Declaration of Independence as a fundamental right. Everyone I know wants to be alive, free, and...

27 September, 2010

This morning's free eNewsletter, sent out by The Happiness Institute each and every Monday morning, includes 2 guest articles that both, in very different ways, touch on the relationship between happiness and music. I hope you find them of interest...

27 September, 2010

I recently stumbled upon an article that described a phenomenon in which people were afraid of success. It reminded me of a discussion I had with a client a few years ago in which she felt she did not deserve to be happy. Unfortunately, for...

24 September, 2010

Happiness research is becoming the new religion in social science. Out with the psychoanalysts, in with the hedonists. Instead of finding out what makes you "tick," the "High Priests of Happiness" merely seek to tickle your fancy. The new worship of happiness, ushered in by...

23 September, 2010

There are so many different ways to find happiness; here are just a few...

22 September, 2010

Why don't you PLAY more for happiness? I'm not just talking about mucking around and having fun, here; well, I do encourage you to have fun for more happiness but more so, think about PLAY as an acronym for finding more happiness...

21 September, 2010