July 2008

Here at The Happiness Institute we offer a range of positive psychology services all aimed at enhancing happiness, morale, satisfaction and performance in the workplace (and more generally). We consult to organisations; we offer seminars and workshops; and we offer coaching. Positive psychology coaching...

One of the things that excites me so much about positive psychology and positive psychology coaching is the emphasis on strengths as opposed to weaknesses. As opposed to my clinical psychology days where the focus of my work was almost exclusively on finding and fixing...

Sleep. It rejuvenates. It refreshes. It restores. And while it may seem as if sleep renders us inactive, the truth is quite the contrary. Our bodies, our brains, our minds are accomplishing great things while we slumber. Dr Nilesh Dave, medical director of the Sleep and...

Richer we"ve become, less happy we are By SILVER DONALD CAMERON Sun. Jul 27 - 6:14 AM To read the full article - click here WHAT IS THE PURPOSE of the economy? I suspect that most of us would say the economy exists to make people comfortable and happy. If...

'New Happiness' returns to the basics Crispin Sartwell teaches philosophy at Dickinson College. Is our time - not an especially happy time - the era of the New Happiness? There's a happiness explosion going on right this moment. Not that there's more happiness around. It's that everyone...

Happiness awards for each day I recently read about a strategy for increasing happiness each and every day. Quite simply, it begins with choosing a theme for the day such as gratitude or hope or love. Once chosen, the challenge is to focus on this...

Dubai-based Dina Sabnani believes in spreading joy, and has founded the Happiness Club in the UAE to help people find that elusive streak of sunshine in their lives COULDN"TWE all do with a little bit more happiness in our lives? While life in the UAE is...

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Young women are happier than their male peers, but as the years roll by and they become less able to achieve lasting love and financial goals, women often end up the sadder sex, according to an international study. The research, by Anke...

Researchers looked at data spanning several decades, and concluded that after the age of 48, men are generally happier than women. Men are most miserable in their 20s, but grow more satisfied as they get older, marry and earn more money, they found. Women on the other...

The idea of Gross National Happiness has great visionary and symbolic power, writes Maureen Gaffney IN 1972, the little Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan did a very radical and wise thing. The king established a Gross National Happiness programme, intended to be a more accurate measure...