July 2014

by Cris Nikolov from MotivationGrid Wait, what did you just say to yourself? Were they the empowering, encouraging words you would speak to a friend?  Or were they the belittling remarks you would shout to an enemy if you had no heart?  Or the negative remarks about...

Here at The Happiness Institute we've long said that achieving happiness requires little mroe than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day.  We've also often argued that happiness need not be overly complicated; but rather, that it largely derives from common sense.  But common sense...

Happy people are realistic people.  They acknowledge that they're not and that the world's not perfect.  But they also acknowledge and focus more on and spend more time savouring ...

Here at The Happiness Institute we are, not surprisingly, big advocates of positive emotion and happiness.  Too often, we believe, the benefits of (real) happiness are ignored or underestimated. But there are real benefits to happiness and these should be acknowledged and utilised to live our...

by Hannah Sentenac from MindBodyGreen Humans are largely habitual creatures, and, unfortunately, this hard-wired ability can be used for good or ill. While we may earnestly avow that we're desperate for a peaceful and happy life, our habits often simultaneously sabotage us. We want a healthier lifestyle,...

Later today I'll be presenting a keynote at a conference on the lessons designers and architects can take from positive psychology about designing for happiness and positive emotion!  Some of what I'll be saying is nicely summarised in this great Fast Company article and I invite...

We all spend much of our time working.  And some of us are lucky enough to LOVE the work we do.  I've said for years that we should do what we love; and if we can't, we should find ways to love what we do! That's happiness.  That's happiness...

via Minda Zetlin of Inc.com Want to be happier? Begin by being good to yourself. That may sound self-evident, but too many people skip this step and try to make themselves happy by chasing ever-higher goals, or holding themselves to ever-greater standards of perfection. Ironically, being good...

via The Week and Eric Barker No theory here. No nightly exercises for months. You're feeling sad or angry. How do you get happy fast? Sex, exercise, socialize When researchers survey 5000 people from 83 countries, what do they learn about happiness? We're happiest when we're having sex, exercising, or...