happiness Tag

One of the staples of positive psychology is the gratitude letter: a written and specific expression of thanks to someone who has been especially kind or important to you who has never heard you express your gratitude _ã” parents, siblings, other relatives, friends, teachers, coaches,...

21 December, 2009

Happiness, the search for it, the lack of it, and the inability of most of us to find it, is fast becoming a national obsession. Last week the Young Foundation released a report citing an epidemic of loneliness and antidepressant use and urged the government...

20 December, 2009

One of my books, "100 Ways to Happiness: a guide for busy people", was recently reviewed by Scott Pape (the Barefoot Investor). I'm pleased to say it was pretty positive, as this exerpt shows...

20 December, 2009

THIMPHU (Reuters) - It is a sign of the times for Bhutan that a $9 million McKinsey consultancy report to find ways to accelerate Bhutan's economic growth has sparked soul-searching among this isolated and mostly conservative people. For this is a nation famed for being...

19 December, 2009

Chris Peterson is one of the world's leaders in the science of happiness and positive psychology. In this article he talks about happiness and positive psychology and especially, the key construct of optimism. Importantly, he discusses some of the invalid criticisms of optimism and presents...

18 December, 2009

It's no surprise that mothers want the best for their children, but are they setting the bar too high when it comes to their own expectations of themselves as parents? One in three mothers admit to setting expectations for themselves as parents that are "unrealistic,"...

18 December, 2009

If you're struggling with how to define your life beyond material goods, Deepak Chopra has seven ways for you to make the shift, once and for all, to a purpose-driven life and authentic happiness. One of the most positive ways to live is to look on...

17 December, 2009

A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family models. Who would ever have thought washing up could...

17 December, 2009

To what extent should governments and politicians be focused on happiness and wellbeing? Should and/or can governments legislate for happiness and wellbeing? This is the final paragraph in an interesting article on the role of governments in promoting happiness from the UK's Guardian...

17 December, 2009

It_ã_s late in the year and most people I talk to these days are pretty tired and looking forward to some time off work over the next few weeks (myself included; and yes, psychologists do sometimes talk to themselves; and yes again, it_ã_s actually OK...

16 December, 2009