June 2011

One of the most important contributors to happiness is good quality relationships.  Many of us can learn how to enjoy more happiness by understanding what happy people do and finding a way to do something similar ourselves.  So if we can learn from the best, the happiest...

Happiness; smiling, laughing, joy.  You've probably all heard that you can "fake it until you make it" but here at The Happiness Institute we believe you'll enjoy far more enduring positive emotions if you keep it real and run with genuine, authentic emotions of all kinds.  Not...

Here at The Happiness Institute we've promoted this philosophy for about a decade now. Happiness is good for the happy person; but happiness is also good for all those people around that happy person! Because happiness is contagious; it spreads, virally, creating positive cycles that benefit...

Only 4 years ago Ash Rosshandler was working in advertising writing ads selling Toyotas and 2 minutes noodles. Today he is responsible for rescuing gorillas and finding cures for cancer. He also aids in clearing landmines and educating kids. As founder and CEO of the...

We recently received some lovely feedback about our weekly eNewsletters and about our work generally but the writer also noted that she was struggling to stay happy given that she felt she was surrounded by so much negative media, cold weather and grey skies, and,...

I was chatting with a friend the other day about racism and discrimination when I was reminded of many discussions I’ve had with clients about the way they seem to discriminate against themselves! A similar theme came up on The Happiness Institute’s Facebook Page recently highlighting...

In this morning's free eNewsletter I (Dr. Happy) wrote a short review of an essay by David Malouf titled "The Happy Life: the search for contentment in the modern world". It was follwed by some practical happiness tips all of which I share with you...

I’ve just had a fantastic two days listening to and talking to some amazing people (not all of whom were up on the big stage!). I won’t try to summarise everything I heard or learned, although I will be posting more articles and blogs inspired...