November 2018

Happiness is very much about connecting with others. Socialising and interacting with others indubitably generates positive emotions such as happiness, and creates opportunities that are also frequently associated with feelings of happiness as well as satisfaction, achievement, belonging and love. That being said, for real happiness many...

via Eric Barker When kids behave, things are easy. The problem is when you need to discipline them. Most parents know which methods they don’t want to use to correct their children, but aren’t as sure which methods they should use. So what is discipline? The word comes from the Latin...

via Psychology Today by Joe Pierre "I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder." —Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man (2005) In psychiatry and psychology, the ability to distinguish reality from fantasy—known as “reality testing”—has been traditionally considered a prerequisite for mental health. Conversely, its impairment is...

via Inc.com by Jeff Haden Some of my most popular articles involve ways to be happier. Like the habits of remarkably happy people. And what happy people do more often. And things you should stop doing so you can be happier at work.. And the simple daily habits of exceptionally happy people. Reducing stress...

Happiness often involves balancing a number of sometimes competing strategies. For example, happiness partly involves changing what can be changed; but also accepting what can't be changed. Happiness is about being the real YOU; but also making changes to aspects of you that can be improved. Changing who...

Happiness is about accepting what is. But happiness is also about changing and improving what's amenable to change and improvement. So many don't enjoy as much happiness (or health or wellbeing) as they could because they procrastinate; they wait for others; they wait for the perfect time...