health Tag

Here at The Happiness Institute we're obviously interested in happiness and positive psychology but we're also fascinated by the links between happiness and more traditional or physcial aspects of health. As the name suggests my first book, The Good Sleep Guide, addressed the relationship between...

18 February, 2011

Mental well-being - happiness, in other words - leads to better health and more success at the workplace, according to researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Germany, who examined data from a British survey that covered a period of 15 years. Respondents...

15 February, 2011

t turns out, giving thanks is good for your health. A growing body of research suggests that maintaining an attitude of gratitude can improve psychological, emotional and physical well-being. Adults who frequently feel grateful have more energy, more optimism, more social connections and more happiness than...

24 November, 2010

by Carolanne Wright for Natural News A study at the University of Wisconsin confirms meditation can alter the structure of the brain, fostering a brighter outlook and increased empathy. Since positive thinking and emotions affect health, meditation can contribute to overall wellness.Richard Davidson, a trained psychologist...

19 November, 2010

I've often talked about my desire to start and/or be part of a happiness revolution; a movement I believe has already begun in which our health system really focuses on health rather than sickness; in which parents focus on the best in their children not...

15 November, 2010

Another interesting article from Positive Psychology News Daily Would you knowingly engage in behaviors that you know would lead to a cascade of negative health events? After her husband died, Shirley regularly declined invitations to go places with friends by saying, _ã–Oh, my husband really wouldn_ã_t...

06 November, 2010

Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with greater telomerase activity, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, San Francisco. The study is the first to link positive well-being to higher telomerase, an enzyme important...

05 November, 2010

by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today The premise of positive psychology is simple but important: the absence of distress and disorder is not the same thing as happiness and fulfillment. Can a similar premise be proposed with respect to physical well-being, namely that the absence of...

02 November, 2010

Happiness - Is religion a good prescription? by Nigel Barber for Psychology Today Some doctors (1) claim that the health benefits are so clear, and so pronounced that they should be prescribing religion! This perspective is a little naêve. After all, wealthy people live longer healthier lives...

16 October, 2010