positive psychology Tag

by Randy Taran for the Huffington Post In the movie "Eat Pray Love" there is a moment in India where Richard tells Liz, "Choose your thoughts in the morning the way you choose your clothes." This potent little message has the power to make an enormous...

18 September, 2010

by Robert Biswas-Diener of www.intentionalhappiness.com A group of experts on happiness representing economics, marketing, public policy, psychology, history and philosophy recently had our third meeting. The issue that captured our collective imagination was the question of whether happiness is an "inside-out" or "outside-in" phenomenon. How...

12 September, 2010

by Shadra Bruce for Mental Health News While nearly half of all marriages will end with divorce, pre-marital relationships, at least once in every person_ã_s life, almost always end in break up. Every person who becomes involved in a relationship will eventually and inevitably experience the...

01 September, 2010

by Jim Taylor for Psychology Today I was having a conversation with a friend recently about happiness. Our conversation began with her asking me if I thought that buying a new house would make her happier (she asked this question only half facetiously). My initial reaction...

30 August, 2010

by Joe Robinson for the Huffington Post Lindsay, Snooki, Mel--we're on a first-name basis with bad behavior these days, whether we want to be or not. Don't bother looking away from that tabloid rack at the checkout counter. There is no escape. Even the president got...

30 August, 2010

Those of you who live in Sydney or Melbourne may well be familiar with the writings (in the SMH and Age) of Ross Gittins, resident economics writer who's contributed much in recent years to the discussions on the relationship between economics and positive psychology. Well, I'm very...

30 August, 2010

Have you ever considered borrowing happiness? Have you ever thought you could benefit from the success and joys of others? Well this article from PsychCentral has much of relevance for those of us exploring ways to create more happiness in our lives (especially those of...

26 August, 2010

What really contributes to happiness? How easily do we get used to happiness? What role does the economy and/or the media have on our happiness levels? In an interesting article, these and other questions are answered by Bridget Grenville-Cleave for Positive Psychology News Daily One...

26 August, 2010