April 2015

by Steve Bloom from PickTheBrain Happiness can be seen as a state of mind. It’s how we perceive our lives and the world around us. But our inside thoughts can be radically shaped by our actions and behavior in the outside world. Just like forcing a...

via Elizabeth Lehl from PickTheBrain The word happiness is defined in most cases as a feeling of contentment, or as a feeling ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happiness is an innate desire of the human being, and indeed it is our birthright. The universe in...

Happiness is very much about living an authentic life.  But one of the reasons happiness can be so elusive is that (although it sounds easy) living an authentic life is often easier said than done.  There are so many reasons why it's hard to be who you...

Unhappiness often comes from denying some truth.  Happiness can be ours more often if we face up to life's truths; from there we can acknowledge, accept and take afirmative action.  The truth is always nice or clean or even positive; but we can only be positive, in...

I'll come right out and say it, from the very start, that for regular readers of this blog there may not be anything new in this article I'm about to share.  But that being said, it's a great summary of Positive Psychology principles and a wonderfully...