happiness Tag

by John Grohol from PsychCentral Yes, I know. There are dozens of books written about how to increase your happiness, probably hundreds of different blogs all promising you the secrets to the keys of happiness, and thousands of articles written on this topic. Since the positive...

11 April, 2010

This article from Psychology Today sums up some really fascinating research! Did you know that genuine smiles predict happy and satisfied marriages? Can you believe that genuine smiles predict living a longer life? Happiness, and it's reflection in real, genuine smiles, is highly correlated with...

09 April, 2010

by C. Clinton Sidle In an editorial in the New York Times last week David Brooks argued that most of us pay attention to the wrong things when it comes to happiness and success. We want to believe that success and material gain bring happiness, but...

08 April, 2010

For several decades now, the World Database of Happiness has tracked how happy people are around the world by asking them to rate their happiness on the following scale: not at all happy not very happy ...

08 April, 2010

Public release date: 5-Apr-2010 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-04/smu-mhp040510.php var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Mental health providers should prescribe exercise more often for depression, anxiety Traditional treatments of cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy don't reach everyone Exercise is a magic drug...

06 April, 2010

Read this book review of Ellen Langer's "Counter Clockwise" (by Dr. Happy) Although not that well known outside of academic circles, Prof. Ellen Langer is one of the most highly regarded psychologists in the world having won numerous awards for her research and teachings in applied...

06 April, 2010

Aging brings wrinkles, sagging bodies and frustrating forgetfulness. But getting older is not all bad for many people. Mounting evidence suggests aging may be a key to happiness. There is conflicting research on the subject, however, and experts say it may all boil down to...

05 April, 2010