Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with greater telomerase activity, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, San Francisco. The study is the first to link positive well-being to higher telomerase, an enzyme important...
referencing an article by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today I learned something interesting the other day in my positive psychology class. I was talking about oxytocin - AKA the cuddle hormone - and its social benefits. Oxytocin is stimulated by human touch, and I believe research...
Today, like many days, I received some very positive feedback about what The Happiness Institute is doing and, like on many days, was asked...
We can all have more happiness if we just focus on the right things; so here are 7 things to focus more on to boost the experience of happiness and other positive emotions in your life...
Maybe flexibility is the "secret" to happiness we're all looking for?!?! I write this because when people ask me what they can do to have more happiness I often answer something like...
I frequently get asked, by people listening to me speak and/or by journalists and clients...
by Christopher Peterson for Psychology Today The premise of positive psychology is simple but important: the absence of distress and disorder is not the same thing as happiness and fulfillment. Can a similar premise be proposed with respect to physical well-being, namely that the absence of...
This was passed on to us here at The Happiness Institute by one of our regular readers who noted that it's been doing the email rounds and that it might be of interest to other readers. We definitely agreed with the latter so here it...
by Sharon Salzberg for the Huffington Post Last week the Dalai Lama was at Emory University, where he holds a Presidential Distinguished Professorship. Amongst the offerings were a teaching on compassion and an exploration of scientific research into compassion meditation. There was also a discussion with...
By GAIL LIBERMAN for the Palm Beach Daily News If you_ã_re starting to think about what to buy a loved one for the holidays, it could pay to forego the luxury car and substitute two tickets to the Kravis Center. At least, that_ã_s what research by two...
