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Happiness awards for each day I recently read about a strategy for increasing happiness each and every day. Quite simply, it begins with choosing a theme for the day such as gratitude or hope or love. Once chosen, the challenge is to focus on this...

Dubai-based Dina Sabnani believes in spreading joy, and has founded the Happiness Club in the UAE to help people find that elusive streak of sunshine in their lives COULDN"TWE all do with a little bit more happiness in our lives? While life in the UAE is...

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Young women are happier than their male peers, but as the years roll by and they become less able to achieve lasting love and financial goals, women often end up the sadder sex, according to an international study. The research, by Anke...

Researchers looked at data spanning several decades, and concluded that after the age of 48, men are generally happier than women. Men are most miserable in their 20s, but grow more satisfied as they get older, marry and earn more money, they found. Women on the other...

The idea of Gross National Happiness has great visionary and symbolic power, writes Maureen Gaffney IN 1972, the little Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan did a very radical and wise thing. The king established a Gross National Happiness programme, intended to be a more accurate measure...

By Marie-JosêÑÔ©e Salvas How often have you heard someone boast that they had worked 70 hours last week? Were you impressed and envious or did you think the speaker was either exaggerating or inefficient? Why do some take pride in proving that their work is more...

From: Psych Central Reflecting On Values Transcends Self By: Rick Nauert, Ph.D. Senior News Editor Reviewed by: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on July 23, 2008 Wednesday, Jul 23 (Psych Central) -- Criticism is difficult for most as no one enjoys being told that their behavior is harmful to themselves or others....

Morale, Change, and Positive Organizations By Dave Shearon Positive Psychology News Daily July 17, 2008 Dave Shearon, MAPP, applies positive psychology to both law and education. Dave writes articles about applications of Positive Psychology to law and education at his site. This article is about morale...

Unhappiness is Part of Life By Angus Skinner Positive Psychology News Daily July 22, 2008, 9:58 pm Angus Skinner, MAPP, works in his beloved and beautiful Scotland principally as Associate Consultant with the Centre for Confidence and Well-Being. Angus is also a visiting Professor at...