February 2008

Now here's an interesting question - can we teach happiness? Here at The Happiness Institute we believe the answer is a resounding YES but in the interests of keeping an open mind, and of presenting all the various arguements to you, our happiness community, I thought...

"Positive Abnormality" - Be a GENIUS by discovering your Speciality, Uniqueness, and Meaning By Timothy So Positive Psychology News Daily, NY February 18, 2008 Timothy So, Msc, is an Associate Editor for Positive Psychology News Daily responsible for both the Traditional and the Simplified Chinese...

Teaching happiness: the classes in wellbeing that are helping our children Binge drinking, mental health issues, adolescent suicide: how can we solve the problems that beset so many children? The answer may lie with the new science of positive psychology To read the full story about teaching...

And continuing the theme of happiness and doing something different...

The Sydney Opera House - Positive Psychology in Organizations - Stretch Goals By Dave Shearon Positive Psychology News Daily February 17, 2008 Dave Shearon, MAPP, applies positive psychology to both law and education. Dave writes articles about applications of Positive Psychology to law and education...

Relationships are undoubtedly a key contributor to our happiness. I just found this article on happiness and marriages and thought you might find it interesting. To read "Achieving happiness - The Secret to a Happy Marriage" - click here...

What is happiness? Please enjoy my latest Body + Soul column which went to print yesterday. In essence, I'm a relatively simple man so I thought it might be a good idea to begin at the beginning; and one of the questions I seem...

At The Happiness Institute we've long argued that happiness is at least partly due to having fun and playing. Yet this always seems to baffle "grown ups", especially those in corporate audiences with whom we talk and work. Today, however, I discovered this interesting...

Much has been made lately of some research that seems to indicate that for most people happiness hits its lowest point around the age of 40. I'm not convinced there's such a clear pattern, as there are so many variables that influence happiness and...