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by Bianca da Silva In an interesting study conducted by researchers from the George Mason University, as well as the University of Massachusetts, the University of Chicago and the University of Alabama-Birmingham, has indicated a direct link between an individual’s functioning and their level of happiness....

by Eric Nelson from the Washingon Times LOS ALTOS, CA, May 28, 2011 – Gratitude pays. Just ask Dr. Robert Emmons. Last week the John Templeton Foundation announced that they were giving Emmons, a psychology professor at U.C. Davis $5.6 million to fund a three-year project to...

Happiness is difficult to define and even harder to measure. We experience it as a combination of elements, in the same way that one wheel or spring inside a watch doesn't keep time — it is a result of the synchronicity of the whole. As...

I thought you might enjoy this interesting article from Positive Psychology News Daily linking happiness and health. In brief, those people who're happier are also, surprise surprise, healthier! It starts like this...

As many of you would well be aware I've been spending much of my time lately working on and promoting The Happiness Diet.  What does this mean?  Well, it means much more than just focusing on weight loss (although this is certainly a big part of what...

Here in Australia, and I would suggest, across most of the "Western World" we have a hidden epidemic of...

A review of more than 160 studies of human and animal subjects has found "clear and compelling evidence" that – all else being equal – happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers. The study, in the journal Applied Psychology:...