positive psychology Tag

For more happiness…reject negative thoughts and choose more positive ones

Every now and then someone publishes an article refering to the dangers of positive thinking. The argument is that too much positive thinking might not always be good for us, and for our happiness, and in fact, might actually make us unhappier! There's some truth to...

13 October, 2011

7 Simple Strategies for Thinking Your Way to Happiness

There is nothing either good or bad except thinking makes it so...

13 October, 2011

Finding happiness in overcoming fear

I've often referred to the work of Leo at ZenHabits and once again I'm happy to refer to someone to whom he's referring...

11 October, 2011

Happiness is…practicing acts of kindness

Do good to others and you'll feel good yourself; because other people matter and happiness isn't just feeling good it's also doing good.  So we know from many, many research studies that being kind and caring and practicing altruism and generosity is the world's best win-win....

11 October, 2011

Would you rather be rich or happy? There’s no reason, really, to choose!

Money and wealth or happiness and health? Do you really need to choose? Are they dichotomous or mutually exclusive constructs? We have, and so too have many others, written and talked much about these questions over the years and they are, admittedly, very important questions. So in...

10 October, 2011

What’s your eating (and living) personality?

How do you live your life and to what extent is it conducive to happiness?  An article in the Sydney Morning Herald recently discussed the notion of "eating personality". Before going on I'd like to note that this blog is not just for those interested in...

07 October, 2011

Are you a parent? If so, then your happiness really matters!

by Christine Carter from the Huffington Post Every time I  watch this hilarious video of a little girl cheering herself on, I think: Her parents must be pretty happy people. I don't know for sure, of course, but my guess is that they model happiness and...

04 October, 2011

Happiness lessons from…fishing

I'm away on leave but still thinking about happiness and wanted to share the following with you...

04 October, 2011

Happiness is a joke about the workmen’s lunch!

Some time ago I heard the following joke. I immediately enjoyed it, partly because I heard it told by none other than Bob Hawke (past priminister of Australia) but also because it's just a good story. It was only recently, however, that I realised it's...

03 October, 2011

Finding happiness in…FRIDAY

Interested in finding happiness today, Friday September 30. Well look no further than the letters in the word itself...

30 September, 2011