happiness Tag

by Sherri Fisher for Positive Psychology News Daily Recently I_ã_ve had several meetings with parents of high schoolers. Like most parents of kids this age, they are consumed with concerns about their child_ã_s achievement: How does my kid really measure up? Will he get into a...

09 September, 2010

They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong. At least up to a point. People's emotional well-being - happiness - increases along with their income up to about $US75,000 ($82,000), US researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For people making less...

07 September, 2010

Here at The Happiness Institute we've argued for a long time that it's hard to be happy if you're literally sick and tired all the time. It is, in contrast, much easier to be happy, and to live an active and fulfilling life, if you're...

06 September, 2010

by Susan Maushart for The Australian "DO you believe sex is dirty?" a therapist is said to have asked Woody Allen. He thought for a while before replying, "Only if you?re doing it right." I thought about that joke again last night. But don_ã_t be mad,...

06 September, 2010

OK, we publish all manner of positive psychology related research as well as happiness relevant stories and articles from around the world. Many of them highlight the complexities of happiness, which is important to note, but today I thought it would be worthwhile going back to basics...

03 September, 2010

Do you find it hard to relaxt for the first few days you take leave from work? Do you find happiness elusive when away from your office or work or home? Is happiness too closely linked to routine and control? Do you struggle to hold...

02 September, 2010