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Enhance family's health, happiness with family mealtimes (from The Times, Liberal - http://www.swdtimes.com/view.php?I=1039) Sometimes a seemingly simple act can have a profound impact on your family's well-being. 'studies show that enjoying more meals as a family can improve physical, mental, and emotional health for children...

28 April, 2008

Happiness at work is increasingly being recognised as important from several perspectives - it helps attract and keep the best employees, as well as ensure that organisations get the most out of them in terms of productivity etc. To read an interesting article related to...

28 April, 2008

Here, below, is my latest Body + Soul column. I hope you enjoy it: In praise of criticism By Dr Timothy Sharp April 27, 2008 I READ an interesting article recently in which reference was made to the phenomenon of people setting up websites detailing what they...

27 April, 2008

Lawyers are frequently referred to in the happiness and positive psychology research mostly because they tend not to have much happiness! Compared to other professions they seem to have the lowest levels of happiness and the highest levels of depression and pessimism. There...

27 April, 2008

One of the most exciting aspects of positive psychology is its scope for application - not only is it appropriate in therapy, counselling and coaching, it's relevant in fields as diverse as architecture, design, art, economics, politics, business, linguistics, religion, education, philosophy ê¢__‘Ô_..It seems that...

27 April, 2008

Much of our time at The Happiness Institute is spent working with organisations to enhance happiness, engagement, morale, satisfaction, team work and ultimately, productivity. We've also recently launched Australia's first National Happiness at Work Index. If you'd like to know more about our coaching and...

26 April, 2008

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American Industrialist and Founder of Ford Motor Company I think one could easily say...

26 April, 2008

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Apr 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- While Harris Poll #46 reported how happy certain groups of Americans are, Harris Poll #47 looks more into some possible reasons for this happiness, or lack of happiness. Religious people are significantly happier than the non-religious, worry...

25 April, 2008

In just a few short weeks I'll have the opportunity to talk to a group of business/political/community leaders on the implications of focusing more on happiness and wellbeing, rather than illness and sickness. Along similar lines there's a growing push for our politicians to...

25 April, 2008