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Why real happiness requires living a meaningful life.

A Stanford research project explored the key differences between lives of happiness and meaningfulness. While the two are similar, dramatic differences exist – and one should not underestimate the power of meaningfulness. "The quest for meaning is a key part of what makes us human,"...

01 June, 2014

48 Calming Quotes

Introduced by Dr. Happy I'm super-busy at the moment.  I'm delivering conference keynotes all over the country; I have a new book coming out: here at The Happiness Institute we're developing and delivering several new programs in collaboration with some great organisations and people.  I love being super-busy;...

27 May, 2014

6 great habits of highly grateful people

by Jeremy Adam Smith from the Greater Good I’m terrible at gratitude. How bad am I? I’m so bad at gratitude that most days, I don’t notice the sunlight on the leaves of the Berkeley oaks as I ride my bike down the street. I forget to...

27 May, 2014

Here are 8 things you definitely want to STOP saying if you want to be happy!

Many times many of us undermine our own happiness and success by saying the wrong things to ourselves. We defeat ourselves often before we even get started.  Happiness can come from having more positive and constructive conversations with ourselves BUT ALSO from NOT saying things like...

27 May, 2014

These “truths” are so obvious…but they’re also so easy to forget!

Want more happiness?  Remember these all too obvious truths that are all too easy to forget...

26 May, 2014

10 Happiness Habits You Might be Forgetting…read this NOW for a powerful reminder!

It's so easy to forget.  And accordingly, it's so easy to NOT enjoy as much happiness as we could.  Sometimes all we need is a reminder...

26 May, 2014

15 things you can learn from really successful people about happiness!

Depending, obviously, on how you define success there's much we can learn from successful people about happiness.  In fact, I'd say REAL success is, effectively, happiness...

26 May, 2014

30 amazing quotes to help you believe in yourself!

from Life Hack  Every once in a while, when I need little reminder of what I’m capable of achieving, I like to find a good quote to bring my spirits up. Here I’ve collected 30 motivational quotes which will remind you to believe in yourself, even when...

23 May, 2014

5 of the most powerful happiness habits

by Melanie Greenberg  In the past few years, there has been an explosion in books and courses about happiness. Brain science has progressed more in the past decade than the previous hundred years, allowing us to understand the biological bases of human emotion.  Research in positive...

23 May, 2014

Want to stop worrying about what others think? Here are 7 ways!

by Marc Chernoff The unhappiest people in this world are the people who care the most about what everyone else thinks. “What’s wrong with wanting to please others?” That’s what several people asked me via email in response to one of my recent articles.  Today, I want to discuss...

21 May, 2014