Even as medical science and quality of life continues to increase our life spans, it seems as though many of us are not really living the life we're given. Too often we are caught in the "busy" trap, running, running, running - but never getting much of anywhere. But how would you live ...
Date Posted: June 30, 2014
Categories: Happiness
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As anyone who has taken a vacation knows, they can be rife with complications: flight delays, illness, family squabbles. And when you get home you have to catch up on all the work you missed. That's not to suggest that vacations don't bring us joy, ...
May 16
Categories: Happiness
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You have heard it time and again - laughter is the best medicine. Humor and mirth offer a multitude of preventive and healing effects and a new study is offering more evidence that laughter has quantifiable benefits for the brain.
May 12
Categories: Happiness
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Many shoppers, whether they buy material items or life experiences, are no happier following the purchase than they were before, according to a new study from San Francisco State University.
May 5
Categories: Happiness
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The drive for happiness implies a dissatisfaction with the present moment and maintains the illusion that greener pastures lie just ahead.
Before we had language, as we lay in our cribs, we were marinating in the mantra of "I'll be happy when". We ...
Apr 29
Categories: Happiness
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Lists of how to be happy at work often implicitly blame workers themselves.
If you're not happy, they imply, it's because you're not prioritising properly or you need to smile more, or some other trite rubbish.
Don't accept this: organisations are ...
Apr 28
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
So how does one find happiness? Effective ways exist, according to new research.
Apr 19
Categories: Happiness
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New research explores the fact that materialistic people are more likely to be depressed and unsatisfied with life.
The study finds that a focus on what you want - and therefore don't currently have - makes it more difficult to appreciate what you ...
Apr 17
Categories: Happiness
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Happy is as happy does, apparently - for human beings all over the world. Not only does acting extroverted lead to more positive feelings across several cultures, but people also report more upbeat behavior when they feel free to be themselves.
Apr 16
Categories: Happiness
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New research published by The Cabinet Office in the UK has revealed that being a member of the clergy is associated with the highest levels of life satisfaction.
Mar 29
Categories: Happiness
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To be in flow is to be so engrossed in what you're doing-and this can be in any activity although we often tend to associate this state with creative pursuits and elite sport that literally nothing, not the passing of time, your full bladder or the ...
Mar 25
Categories: Happiness
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Why is being happy, positive and satisfied with life the ultimate goal of so many people, while others steer clear of such feelings? It is often because of the lingering belief that happiness causes bad things to happen, says Mohsen Joshanloo and ...
Mar 20
Categories: Happiness
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Numerous personality studies have found the same pattern time and again - extraverts tend to be happier than introverts. But why? A popular theory holds that extraverts are happier because they find fun activities more enjoyable, as if they have a ...
Mar 18
Categories: Happiness
GOHappiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practise on a daily basis. But people are better at some 'happy habits' than others. In fact, the one habit that corresponds most closely with us being satisfied with our lives ...
Mar 10
Categories: Happiness, Self-Love
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Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl once wrote, “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” For most people, feeling happy and finding life meaningful are both important and related ...
Feb 28
Categories: Happiness, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
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