What To Do About Change You Don’t Want, And Can’t Control
I thought you might be interested in the latest post over at Get Organized Wizard. Lately I’ve been thinking about change. I’ve observed friends, and felt for myself, the …
Category: Positive psychology
Born happy? The link between happiness, personality and genes
A new British study has shed more light on the genes/personality contribution to happiness. Genes may contribute up to 50% of the variance in happiness, and the new research …
How to be happy – 14. Concentrate on intentional factors
February 8, 2008
101 Happiness Strategies, Happiness research, Personality, Positive psychology
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Lesson: A happiness model Although positive psychology and well-being research have flourished, there’s no agreed-upon theory of happiness. But a model has been suggested, quite recently in fact, and …
Happiness, New York style
February 6, 2008
Happiness life strategy, Happiness media, Happiness research, Positive psychology
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In the New York magazine article Happiness: A User’s Manual, Ben Mathis-Lilley takes a bunch of happiness research findings and translates them into 20 useful tips for New Yorkers. …
Happiness and childhood: do we need happier classrooms?
In last Monday’s Yorkshire Post Maggie Stratton asked the question: In a society obsessed by material gain, should schools be teaching our children the true meaning of happiness? Her …
How to be happy – 13. Act like you’re an extravert – even if you aren’t
February 1, 2008
101 Happiness Strategies, Happiness research, Personality, Positive psychology
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Lesson: We can learn from happy extraverts and happy introverts We saw in Strategy 12 that introverted people tend to be less happy than their extraverted counterparts. But before …
How to be happy – 12. Make peace with your personality
January 24, 2008
101 Happiness Strategies, Happiness research, Personality, Positive psychology
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Lesson: Not all personalities are created equally happy In Strategy 11 we saw there’s evidence that genes link to happiness via personality – which has a moderate-to-strong genetic component, …
Sex + dark chocolate = a brainier you. Now that’s gotta make you happy!
Tuesday’s SMH ran a story on a new book telling us what to do, and what to avoid, to keep our brain cells firing at optimal levels. Top brain …
The Pursuit of Happyness – redux
A couple of months ago I mentioned a review of the film The Pursuit of Happyness, taken from a positive psychology perspective. I reproduced the review’s 224-word abstract (journal …
Happier: Learn the secrets to daily joy and lasting fulfillment [Book review]
Happier is based on Tal Ben-Shahar’s positive psychology primer – the most popular class at Harvard and attended by about 20% of all Harvard graduates. Ben-Shahar wisely suggests that …