Five Surprising Facts About Happiness
From www.happier.com
A wealth of research has been done over the past few years on happiness _ã_ why it_ã_s so important to be happy, how to measure your own happiness and of course, how to improve your own happiness. Yet we_ã_re...
Psychological resources such as hope, happiness, optimism, personal control, sense of meaning, and subjective well-being are known to exercise a protective influence on health.
To read more about this fascinating positive psychology and happiness research - click here...
In June of this year, Joshua Wolf Shenk published the fascinating essay _ã–What Makes Us Happy?_ã in The Atlantic.
It was riveting.
Joshua spent about a month in the file room of the Harvard Study of Adult Development hoping to learn the secret of happiness. The...
Please enjoy this great article from my friend in happiness, Lionel Ketchian (founder of www.happinessclubs.com)
You're driving down the highway or you're stuck in traffic. You're not happy; you're thinking about something that is really bothering you ...
In a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Harriet Over and Malinda Carpenter of Germany_ã_s Max Planck Institute found that priming infants with subtle cues to affiliation increases their tendency to be helpful (which surely, in later life,...
Tal Ben-Shahar_ã_s latest book _ã–The Pursuit of Perfect_ã is highly recommended, whether you_ã_re a perfectionist or not. He interweaves his wealth of knowledge of well-researched concepts with compelling personal experiences. The result is a very readable analysis of the dangers of perfectionism and an outline...
Happiness and positive psychology researchers have found, without a shadow of doubt, that happiness comes to those who build positive relationships and connections in their lives.
But how do we do this? Well, people who experience real happiness recognise that other people matter and more...
The promise of happiness and contentment can feel very allusive, yet it can be found in the one thing that many people resist: regular exercise and healthy habits. Think about it, of all the people you know who is the most upbeat, energetic and content?...
