happiness Tag

by Bridget Grenville-Cleave At an event organized by Action for Happiness last week I heard Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics, talk about his new book, Happiness by Design (subtitled Change What You Do, Not How You Think for the US...

06 January, 2015

Here at The Happiness Institute we've said for some time now that achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day.  Note the simplicity in this.  Happiness need not be over complicated; and happiness often just requires doing the right small...

05 January, 2015

There's a constant debate within Positive Psychology about whether real happiness comes more from pleasure of meaning and purpose.  But there's really no doubt, as far as I'm concerned, that it comes from both!  This great article focuses on the meaningful contributors to happiness and living a...

05 January, 2015

Although I'm not totally opposed to New Years' Resolutions I'm a much stronger advocate of the development of daily habits.  It's what we do EVERY day that determines our health, happiness and success in life...

04 January, 2015

by Leo Babauta from Zen Habits With every new year, comes renewed optimism. And while I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions that you’re just going to toss aside when things get busy, I am a fan of creating new habits. This year, I’m offering to help...

03 January, 2015

by Ran Zilca from PsychCentral Most people do not keep their New Year’s resolutions. More than 90% of us fail to accomplish the things that we so passionately resolved to do, only a year before. The reasons vary, but more than often it’s not about willpower,...

26 December, 2014

Christmas is a time of joy and happiness for many.  But Christmas is also a time of stress and challenge for many others.  For those of you who're struggling to enjoy happiness and/or who're feeling stressed during this festive season, I'm happy to share with you the...

25 December, 2014