Should we look for happiness in a troubled world?
Yesterday I posted the following tweet on my Twitter account, @drhappy as well as The Happiness Institute's Facebook page...
17 May, 2011
May 2011
Happiness lessons from the Roman God Janus
by Dr. Happy from this morning's free eNewsletter According to that great source of information, Wikipedia, the Roman God Janus was...
16 May, 2011
Happiness, technology and…boredom!
In my professional (and, for that matter, my personal) life it’s not hard to accept (given my job title and the name of the organisation I founded) that pretty much everyone knows I’m fascinated by happiness and by what makes for a happy life. Most...
13 May, 2011
Are we as happy as we hope we’ll be?
Happy to share with you another interesting and happiness related article from Daniel Tomasulo of Psych Central. It begins thus...
12 May, 2011
Do you ever dampen your positive emotions?
If you're going to get through the tough times then you might as well enjoy the good times! Do you ever dampen down positive emotions? Do you ever "manage" (read minimise) your happiness? Have you ever discounted positives in your life or brushed away compliments? If so,...
11 May, 2011
Do you ever feel the need to choose between truth and happiness?
Which Is More Important: Truth or Happiness? Could it be that Truth leads to Happiness and vice versa? Published on May 3, 2011 by Raj Raghunathan, Ph.D In one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Matrix, Morpheus (played by Lawrence Fishburne) poses Neo (played by Keanu...
11 May, 2011
Book Review – Flourish (by Martin Seligman)
Read my review of Martin Seligman's latest publication, "Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being" Let me start by noting that I’m a huge Seligman fan. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and dine and talk to Prof. Seligman several times during his visits...
10 May, 2011
Why happiness isn’t always good – or why it’s different for different people
Another research study that's achieved a lot of attention lately (in addition to the happiness gene study) is this one, referred to in a TIME magazine article as "Why happiness isn't always good: Asians vs Americans". It starts like this...
10 May, 2011
Is happiness really in our genes? No, well definitely not 100%!
There's been a lot of talk lately about the finding of a happiness gene. Numerous articles were published last week including this one in the Sydney Morning Herald...
09 May, 2011
Happiness this Mother’s Day
I don't want to sound like a Scrooge but to a large extent, I think Mother's Day is just a plot hatched by marketing professionals to encourage us to buy more stuff (dare I say make us feel guilty if we don't buy more stuff)! I've...
08 May, 2011