happiness Tag

If you go to the book store, it seems as though there's a how-to book for everything from dieting to pet care to building furniture. But how can you find happiness, and what techniques actually work? Gretchin Rubin, blogger and author of "The Happiness Project",...

19 September, 2009

Life's not always perfect; in fact life can sometimes be quite frustrating and irritating. But we can still find happiness despite life's imperfections and this great article provides some great positive psychology coahcing tips for happiness regardless of what's going on around you. To read...

18 September, 2009

We all have happiness secrets. And before I list the three hints, I do want to acknowledge a Hollywood couple that seems to have found real happiness, Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi.  Married 33  years, they renewed their marriage vows last year. Sadly...

17 September, 2009

I've written much and spoken often about the benefits of cultivating gratitude and appreciation. We know, without a shadow of doubt, that those who more actively practice gratitude and appreciation enjoy more happiness and health in their lives. But what happens when people DON'T express their...

17 September, 2009

Here I am talking about happiness, raising happy children and applying the principles of positive psychology to parenting on NZ TV earlier this morning click here...

16 September, 2009

Exercising together appears to increase the level of the feel-good endorphin hormones naturally released during physical exertion, a study suggests. A team from Oxford University carried out tests on 12 rowers after a vigorous workout in a virtual boat. Those who trained alone withstood less pain...

16 September, 2009

A Nobelist Joins Those Pursuing Well-Being Over Growth By Andrew C. Revkin A Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, has joined the circle of economists convinced that the world needs  new ways of measuring progress as  human numbers and appetites butt up against the planet_ã_s limits and old...

16 September, 2009

The other day I asked someone, on a scale from 0 to 10 (where 0 = no happiness and 10 = the most happiness imaginable) how happy they were. She answered 2 out of 10. Somewhat surprised, I responded...

16 September, 2009

Because happy people tend to have a clear sense of life purpose, which allows for greater clarity of their life direction and specific and measurable life goals, these happy people also tend to feel markedly more focused and in control _ã_ of themselves, their lives...

16 September, 2009

September 15, 2009, 9:30 pm The Long and Short of It By Paul Bloom Is it better to be a happy pig or sad Socrates? How should one choose between happiness and other values, such as wisdom, morality, and piety? You have an angel on one shoulder,...

16 September, 2009