August 2010

I sent this out this morning as part of our free eNewsletter and thought it might be worth posting it here as well; read on and enjoy...

from Science Daily Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that yoga may be superior to other forms of exercise in its positive effect on mood and anxiety. The findings, which currently appear on-line at Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, is the...

Given our efforts, here at The Happiness Institute, to build online methods and groups and reinforcement for happiness via the principles of positive psychology on Twitter, Facebook and our own website, we found this article of interest and hope you will too; here's just a sample...

So many people have so many opinions about how to find or create happiness it's hard to know, sometimes, what to do or where to turn. As the Chief Happiness Officer here at The Happiness Institute, and as a coach and consultant, lecturer and writer who's...

by Todd Kashdan for Psychology Today When I give seminars in colleges and corporations, I often ask if anyone has regrets in their life. If so, I ask them to raise their hand. Would you raise your hand? If you didn't, you wouldn't be alone. More...

Dr Happy and Mr Percival On Thursday July 15, the Business21C community was treated to a hugely entertaining, uplifting and enlivening double act: Dr Happy, aka UTS Adjunct Professor Dr Timothy Sharp, and his friend and inspiration Darren Percival, otherwise known as vocal artist Mr Percival....

from SkyNews A millionaire businessman has raffled off his luxury villa in the Austrian Alps, worth some 1.4 million euros (1.9 million U.S. dollars) after deciding that wealth does not bring happiness. Austrian Karl Rabeder no longer considers the mountain mansion as his paradise, saying he...