Because being on your own doesn't necessarily mean being lonely! Well, that's almost my first point but I'll come back to that in a minute. This short posting is a response to the many queries I get from people asking "How can I be happy...
Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research. The study found that people with...
An Austrian millionaire "can't wait to be free" of his wealth, after revealing plans to raffle his luxury Alpine home and give away his fortune. Karl Rabeder, 47, will pour all the proceeds from the sale of his business, two homes, private jet and cars,...
I just found out about this article in Wellbeing Magazine in which I'm featured :) For many, the concept of happiness can sometimes seem like the Holy Grail _ã_ mystical, elusive and totally out of reach. On the contrary, the cheerful truth is that whether...
True scholarship (and true happiness) consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment. - James Russell Lowell What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him....
Chris Peterson is one of the most respected positive psychologists and one whose opinion is both highly regarded and widely read. So we thought we'd bring you one of the articles he recently wrote for Psychology Today...
I have been sympathetic to some criticisms of positive psychology as being too "self"-centered - focusing on how individuals can make themselves happier or otherwise improve their own lives. It can appear that positive psychology is a continuation of a "me-me-me" egocentric, self-indulgent culture. There...
We like to think that we are in charge of our choices. Even the positive psychology happiness pizza (apologies to Sonja Lyubomirsky) shows us that 40% of the variance in happiness among people is the result of personal choice. But what if making a choice...
Check out the following tips for building a happy and positive relationships...
Even storm clouds and crying babies can't dim the glow of a getaway if you follow sometimes-counterintuitive strategies_ã”all part of the growing field of positive psychology. Gretchen Rubin has attempted to put into practice the insights of positive psychology, and she recounts the story in...