05 Feb Women and happiness
Writer Ariel Gore was dismayed by what she viewed as overly narrow conclusions about women’s happiness from studies in the growing field of Positive Psychology_ã”were women truly happiest when scrubbing floors and baking cookies, as some studies seemed to suggest? Were findings about nuns’ positive attitudes helping them live longer applicable to a broader population of women? In her new book, Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness, Gore tackles these questions and attempts to uncover how women can cultivate happiness. TIME caught up with her to find out what she found makes women happy:
Read more: http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2010/02/03/what-makes-women-happy/#ixzz0ecRGoGzL
Read more: http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2010/02/03/what-makes-women-happy/#ixzz0ecRGoGzL