What is it to be happy
While this author was seeking issues of concern for this article, the prominent story is a Nevada rancher, and his tax anxieties. After researching, the entire story was just too nauseating to discuss:...
View ArticleIn Defense of (Conceptually Messy) Psychology
In a recent post at The Daily Beast, Will Wilkinson lambasts the field of psychology. His launching point is a recent paper by Nicholas Brown, Alan Sokal (of Sokal Hoax fame) and Harris Friedman that...
View ArticleWhy Happy Is the New Skinny (And That's a Bad Thing)
"Belly-2354 1920 (1)" by PublicDomainPictures. Licensed under CC0 via The happiness industry For decades, our society has bemoaned the pervasiveness and inconsistency of the weight-loss industry....
View ArticleResearchers Determine the Three Ways to Well-Being
As far as psychology theories go, University of Rochester's Richard Ryan and Edward Deci's Self-Determination Theory is one of the biggest out there. The theory has been used to analysis situations as...
View ArticleInside Out shows well-being isn’t just about chasing happiness (UNSW - The...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) Inside Out shows well-being isn't just about chasing happiness | UNSW Newsroom Inside Out's five emotions are not a bad reflection of the emotional...
View ArticleBeware bosses bearing 'workplace happiness' jargon
A slide at Google's offices in Zurich. Photo: Google Science sometimes wanders off with simple things we thought we understood, has a tinker and sends them back from the lab with a makeover. A cloned...
View ArticleThe pursuit of happiness
Happiness is everywhere. In emoticons punctuating the ends of social media sentences. :) In radio songs and TV shows, from throwback Bobby McFarren singing “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” to Pharrell Williams...
View ArticleHuman cells respond in healthy, unhealthy ways to different kinds of...
(Source: The University of North Carolina) Human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness is created equal, responding in ways that can help or hinder physical health, according...
View ArticleThe Four Links to Positivity
The self-help blogs and media are filled with useful information about positive psychology, becoming your best self, leading the good life, and the value and benefits of being optimistic, positive and...
View ArticleCan Money Buy Happiness?
''The best things in life are free, But you can give them to the birds and bees, I want money, That's what I want, That's what I want.'' In 1959, these words were written by Barrett Strong in a song...
View Article6 Rules That Should Be Guiding Your Career
How to be more attractive: 10 insights from the founders of OKCupid Brainstorming: 3 reasons why everything you know is wrong. Adam Alter interview: Can the color red make you look sexy? Daniel Pink’s...
View Article3 Insights From The Frontiers Of Positive Psychology
By Elise Proulx, Greater Good Science Center Fifteen years after emerging as a major scientific movement, it’s clear that positive psychology -- the study of what brings happiness and meaning in life...
View ArticleThe British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happiness
The astonishing story of Nick Brown, the British man who began a part-time psychology course in his 50s – and ended up taking on America's academic establishment ...
View Article10 Stress-Relief Strategies When You Have Five Minutes or Less
I was inspired to write this blog post when my friend sent me an article from KevinMD.com called "Confessions of a Burnt-Out Physician." Having experienced burnout myself, I'm keenly aware of the toll...
View ArticleHappy Takes an Earnest, Moving Look at Positive Psychology
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin. When a film opens with a cute, bubbly quote such as the one above, which would be...
View ArticleA meeting of minds, on the mind, with Aaron Beck and Martin Seligman
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View ArticleFind Your Happy Place at Work>
It seems that it has become the national pastime to complain about your job. Long hours, low pay, lack of appreciation, boredom -- they're the "Four Horsemen" of the daily grind. Ask someone how his...
View ArticleGross Village Happiness
One year ago, Tamus Alam, a small farmer, donated a parcel of land for us to set up an educational center called SEEKHO in Bishanpur Village, Bihar. Upon donating the land, he said, "We are born naked...
View ArticleWant to Move From Functioning to Flourishing at Work?
Do you ever feel like there's a blanket of greyness snuffing all the color out of your life? Instead of feeling full of energy, enthusiasm and enjoyment most days you drag yourself around feeling...
View Article6 Scientific Reasons You Can't Stop Looking At Ruin Porn
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said of pornography, "I know it when I see it," but ruin porn--the name for photos of abandoned buildings and ravaged landscapes--feels tougher to discern....
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