Author: Dr Happy

8 ways to add some joy to your most dreaded chores

via TED Ideas by Ingrid Fetell Lee These days, one common complaint that I’ve noticed from friends and on my social media feeds is how much more time we all seem to be spending doing chores. Many meals that were once eaten out or on the go...

27 January, 2021

Are Meaningful Daily Activities Linked to Well-Being?

via Psychology Today by Arash Emamzadeh Well-being is an important and popular topic; indeed, I have previously written about various ways to promote well-being—purchasing experiences vs. things, nurturing character strengths, not thinking of time as money, etc. Another way to achieve well-being is to engage in meaningful activities. In today’s...

25 January, 2021

They don’t come as pills, but try these 6 underprescribed lifestyle medicines for a better, longer life

via the Conversation Yoram Vodovotz and Michael Parkinson The majority of Americans are stressed, sleep-deprived and overweight and suffer from largely preventable lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. Being overweight or obese contributes to the 50% of adults who suffer high blood pressure, 10% with diabetes and additional 35%...

22 January, 2021

How to Stop Measuring Your Worth in Achievements

via Tiny Buddha by Malia Bradshaw “The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” ~Robert Hand The first vivid memory I have of anxiety is when I was only seven years old. I sat in math class, gripped with fear...

21 January, 2021

Feeling Worried? This 5-Minute Exercise From a Mental Health Expert Will Calm You

via Inc.com by Minda Zetlin Feeling worried? There's something you can do about it. Mental Health Counselor Kailey Spina Horan, PhD, has devised a simple exercise that can help you manage your worries and restore at least some of your sense of calm. It takes less than five...

21 January, 2021

What to do when you feel hopeless

via Happiful by Katherine Wheeler Follow these tips to harness pockets of positivity when you’re going through periods of helplessness We all feel hopeless every now and then – whether it stems from anxiety about things that are out of our hands, or in situations where the...

21 January, 2021

Be Kinder to Yourself

via the HBR by Alice Boyes Often, we’re our own worst critic. When we feel anxious or frustrated, we talk to ourselves more harshly than we’d find acceptable by anyone else. I blew that presentation. Everyone on my team has such strong technical skills; I can’t...

20 January, 2021

What makes us happier, time or money?

via A Life of Productivity by Chris Bailey It’s one of life’s classic quandaries: what ultimately makes us happier, more time or more money?   Ashley Whillans’ research points firmly at time. Ashley is a behavior scientist and Harvard Business School professor who is fascinated by how time, money, and happiness influence...

20 January, 2021

New Science Identifies Three Pathways To Happiness — Mattering, Autonomy, And Patience

via Forbes by Mark Travers We spend much of our lives, consciously and unconsciously, searching for things that make us happy. What actually works? That depends, but psychologists and happiness researchers have identified a few common elements that tend to be found in happy people. Here are...

19 January, 2021

This study just blew up a major happiness myth

via the Ladders by C W Headley The extraordinary year that was 2020 (and 2021 is shaping up to also be a doozy) has changed the way people view happiness. After reviewing life satisfaction statistics from several different countries, new research finds that age is...

18 January, 2021