February 2012

Check out this interesting article by Sarah Berry from the SMH (HERE) in which I (Dr. Happy) am quoted! Happiness is not about being shiny and sparkly and new 100 per cent of the time. Although, you'd be forgiven for thinking it is. That's the view of...

Note: I received this email (sent via The Happiness Institute) just the other day and couldn't help but think that in so many ways it summed up many key principles of happiness and positive psychology. As you'll see, it's not all about smiley happy lovely...

There's a hot debate within the science of positive psychology about the definition of the word happiness.  Now this might seem like a simple debate but for academic psyhcologists...

Here's an interesting and positive article in which I found The Happiness Institute and my CHOOSE happiness model quoted; I hope you find it helpful...

Last night on Excess Baggage, the reality TV show I’my working on, there was a very interesting moment during the first check in. As the Orange Team were reading each other their results, one of the contestants, Dipper, hurried his partner along after a few good...

Love might not make the world go around but it certainly makes the ride worthwhile!  I've written and spoken many times about the importance of positive relationships in our lives for health, wellbeing and happiness but today I'm writing about love in a slightly different way.  I've...