psychology Tag

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2010) _ã” Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip -- praising somebody -- may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem and happiness. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr. Jennifer Cole and Hannah Scrivener from Staffordshire University, who present...

by Douglas Kenrick for Psychology Today Two days ago, I was happily walking down a street in Vancouver with my wife and my 6-year-old son. A young woman biked by, looking rather content.  I recognized her as Elizabeth Dunn, a young professor at the University of...

by Roya Rad We live in a world that is progressing at such a fast pace that sometime we wonder if we can catch up. But yet, when it comes to understanding ourselves and our surroundings, we seem to be trapped in the shallow. This functioning...

by Michael Austin for Psychology Today "the human good turns out to be the soul's activity that expresses virtue." -Aristotle Aristotle tells us that happiness is not only something that we receive, but it is also something we achieve. Many of us hope that circumstances will...

Got meaning? Creating a Why to Work - Are you and those you lead finding meaning at work? for Psychology Today by Wendy Ulrich My father used to say that for people to be happy they need something to do, someone to love, and something to...

by Denise Clegg - from Positive Psychology News Daily The stories we tell weave moments, days, and years into a meaningful sense of life. Researchers have found that the way we tell those stories about our own lives is directly related to long-term well-being and resilience. But...

I recently heard from a Living Single reader who has so much stacked against her, I don't know how she gets up in the morning. She asked me for suggestions for how to be happy under her difficult circumstances (which I'll tell you about shortly)....

As I've said and written many times before, happiness is not just feeling good; happiness is just as much about doing good. There is a growing body of valid and reliable research from which we can confidently conclude that _ã–in giving, we receive_ã.  That is,...