How to be happy – 5. Spread it around
Lesson: Happiness makes you – well, nicer Strategy 4 looked at the range of benefits associated with happiness. But the perks aren’t just for you. The 293-study meta-analysis from …
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How to be happy – 4. Be happy now
Lesson: Happy people enjoy all kinds of success You might be surprised by the sheer breadth of benefits associated with happiness. One study performed a meta-analysis of 293 separate …
How to be happy – 3. Choose happiness for your health
Lesson: Happiness can help protect your mind and body Before the growth of positive psychology, most psychological research focused on people’s bad experiences. It was well known that negative …
How to be happy – 2. Measure your happiness level
Lesson: How to measure happiness So now we’re clear what we mean by ‘happiness‘. But how do researchers measure it? Since it’s subjective wellbeing we’re interested in, it makes …
How to be happy – 1. Get clear about happiness
Lesson: Happiness is pretty big-picture Most of the research on happiness refers to subjective wellbeing* (SWB), sometimes called hedonic wellbeing. Here’s what researchers generally agree about SWB: It’s somewhat …
101 Happiness Strategies
How to be happy – a new series I’m starting a new series called How to be happy: 101 practical strategies drawn from positive psychology. The series will be …