happiness Tag

There are lots of myths and misconceptions about happiness but there are also lots of evidence-based (that's scientifically supported) strategies that will help most people, most of the time, enjoy better lives with more happiness.  Here are 10 from Belle Beth Cooper and The Huffington Post Happiness...

13 November, 2013

I really like Sarah Berry's writing.  And more often than not I agree with most of what she has to say.  And I even agree with this recent article (below) in which she questions some aspects of positive psychology.  Because I don't think anything she notes, or anything...

12 November, 2013

by Dr. Happy (@drhappy) Good morning all, and welcome to Monday Morning (here in Sydney, anyway).  I've recently started writing a regular blog for my good friend, Faustina Agolley's website. Just a few hours ago, my latest article was published and it's all about how to be...

11 November, 2013

by Hilary Young from the Huffington Post  It's one of the first lessons we learn as children -- "sharing means caring." We might not understand why we have to share at first, especially when there are younger siblings involved, but as we grow into adulthood, sharing...

06 November, 2013

by Dr. Paula Watkins One size fits all never fits everyone. This is as true for yoga and meditation as it is for what we wear. That’s why, in India—homeland of these traditions—there are many, many different paths winding to, around and up the meditation mountain. Desikachar put it...

06 November, 2013

Here at The Happiness Institute we've always said that achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day. Via Shannon Kaiser of MindBodyGreen we bring you, today, 10 simple happiness habits to practice each and every day...

05 November, 2013

To enjoy happiness we need to engage in purposeful and meaningful, important activites.  To engage in these activities is not always easy.  But those who get more done and then, enjoy more happiness and success, tend to achieve this because they possess more motivation.  And do you know...

05 November, 2013