happiness Tag

Focus on what you have, not what you don't have for happiness Focus on facts, not fiction or myths or misconceptions for happiness Focus on what's getting better for happiness Because there's so much good happening and so much progress being made that we should be feeling grateful...

15 September, 2010

Try these 6 activities/strategies, all starting with the letter "s", if you want more happiness in your life...

15 September, 2010

There's an interesting opinion piece in today's SMH reflecting on the relationship between belief in the afterlife and happiness. Does a fear of death cause anxiety, fear and distress? Does belief in something after provide calm and peace and...

14 September, 2010

All too often I hear people complaining about other people. They're not this and they're not that; alternatively they are this and they are that! The "this" and "that" referred to tend, in many cases, to be negatives. And common "victims" of such negativity are,...

13 September, 2010

by Joanna Hall for Body & Soul IS happiness an elusive concept or something we can all have if we put our minds to it? What happiness means to each person is highly individual. Happiness could depend upon finding Mr or Miss Right; having a much-wanted baby;...

12 September, 2010

by Robert Biswas-Diener of www.intentionalhappiness.com A group of experts on happiness representing economics, marketing, public policy, psychology, history and philosophy recently had our third meeting. The issue that captured our collective imagination was the question of whether happiness is an "inside-out" or "outside-in" phenomenon. How...

12 September, 2010

A Gallup poll done for the Charitable Aid Foundation finds more correlation between happiness and giving than between wealth and giving. The survey's ranking of countries puts America as number five. Many poor nations are high in giving of one type or another. by Clayton...

11 September, 2010

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2010) _ã” Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip -- praising somebody -- may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem and happiness. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr. Jennifer Cole and Hannah Scrivener from Staffordshire University, who present...

09 September, 2010

The Complete A to Z of happiness (a collective effort from The Happiness Institute_ã_s Facebook Community) A is for (positive) actions (which speak far louder than words) B is for belief (in yourself, others, and the world) C is for connectedness (because other people matter) D is...

09 September, 2010