happiness Tag

You’re never too busy to do something as important as…relax!

Happiness comes in part from working hard and achieving meaningful goals.  Happiness comes in part also, from taking time out to relax and recuperate and regenerate.  Too many of us think we're "too busy" to relax...

10 October, 2013

5 things to do BEFORE you start your day!

Happiness is a form of success so what can we learn from successful people?  Well, according to Forbes magazine, the most successful people do the following things before 8.00am in the morning...

09 October, 2013

Are you forgetting to enjoy these 8 simple pleasures?

Happiness and enjoyment is all around us but...

08 October, 2013

Personal development takes time – be realistic, don’t rush and enjoy the journey!

It won't surprise many, or any of you to read that here at The Happiness Institute we spend much of our time helping people create better lives with (among other things) more happiness.  For most, if not all, that requires change...

08 October, 2013

Could it be it’s what you DON’T DO that robs you of your happiness?

Here on The Happiness Institute's blog I focus, mainly, on things you can do to enhance your happiness. But as this thought provoking article from MarcAndAngel shows, for some people happiness, or lack of happiness, might be more about what you DON'T do...

07 October, 2013

The 5 Most Powerful & Effective Personal Development Strategies for Happiness & Success in Life

There are thousands of different strategies and ideas on how to improve your life. But how are you supposed to know what really works?  from PickTheBrain  There are thousands of different strategies and ideas on how to improve your life. But how are you supposed to know what...

03 October, 2013

Do you play enough?

For happiness we need to play.  Just as happiness shouldn't, nor should play stop when we "grow up".  The article I want to share today argues that our younger people are being deprived of play. I very much support this proposition and argue that we should allow...

02 October, 2013

Find a way to practice spirituality daily; and find your way to happiness

Here at The Happiness Institute our mission is to promote the principles of positive psychology and in doing so, make as many people as possible happy.  One of the conclusions that repeatedly finds it's way into research summaries is that which ever way you look at...

02 October, 2013

3 Key Insights from the Frontiers of Positive Psychology

by Elise Proulx from the Huffington Post Fifteen years after emerging as a major scientific movement, it’s clear that positive psychology -- the study of what brings happiness and meaning in life -- is not just a fad. The field is reaching new levels of breadth...

01 October, 2013

5 ways to develop more meaning at work

You spend a good chunk of your life at work...

01 October, 2013