January 2015

by Bridget Grenville-Cleave At an event organized by Action for Happiness last week I heard Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics, talk about his new book, Happiness by Design (subtitled Change What You Do, Not How You Think for the US...

Here at The Happiness Institute we've said for some time now that achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day.  Note the simplicity in this.  Happiness need not be over complicated; and happiness often just requires doing the right small...

There's a constant debate within Positive Psychology about whether real happiness comes more from pleasure of meaning and purpose.  But there's really no doubt, as far as I'm concerned, that it comes from both!  This great article focuses on the meaningful contributors to happiness and living a...

Although I'm not totally opposed to New Years' Resolutions I'm a much stronger advocate of the development of daily habits.  It's what we do EVERY day that determines our health, happiness and success in life...

by Leo Babauta from Zen Habits With every new year, comes renewed optimism. And while I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions that you’re just going to toss aside when things get busy, I am a fan of creating new habits. This year, I’m offering to help...