Think Happy!

This question could hardly be any more important. Almost any time I mention the topic of happiness to people, I encounter two extremes. There are those people who seem overcome by their own ego and are happy to tread on everyone in their way to make more money in the hope of finding more happiness. [...]

In a couple of days, I’ll be posting some tips on how to keep your resolutions. (Now seems like a good time, because I guess it’s around now that some of us are flagging.) In the meantime, enjoy this good stuff, from Pick the Brain:
Something happened on the way to adulthood. Somehow I started to [...]

I really don’t like simply linking to other blogs all of the time. I’d much rather write my own stuff and enjoy the conversations that flow out of that. So, I was all set to write about the recent publication of a 20-year study by the British Medical Journal, on the Dynamic spread of happiness [...]

Do you fancy being happier? I don’t just mean, “happy”, but happier.
If so, you’ll enjoy these words from the hypnotist, Adam Eason:
I dont know about you, but I would never want to think that I ever reached the pinnacle of happiness and could not go any further, would you?
Happy is static. In order to supercharge [...]

I’ve just come across a refreshing article over at The National.
It is not simply your mental health which benefits from a broad network of friends but your physical well-being. There is a big biological pay-off, it seems, to having a strong social circle.
Friends can boost your defences against disease, help you heal, lower your blood [...]

At some point, I will write a post on the value of laughter. However, I’m suspect that such a view is intuitive enough to need little defence. So, for now, I will simply leave you with these wonderful sayings from the unmatched Jack Handey:
“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world [...]

According to a BBC report, the British government are considering introducing lessons in ‘emotional intelligence’ to all schools in England.
…The term emotional intelligence (EI) is a relatively new one. Despite its recent arrival it has become embedded in our vernacular and linked to almost every area of life. From contentment in your home life to [...]

I recently discovered a new self-improvement blog, A Miracle a Day, that I’m really enjoying. It’s written by Jason, who states that ‘You WILL change as life goes on, and if you don’t consciously direct the path of your change into growth, you may not like the direction those changes take.’
So true.
Anyway, I found a [...]

After I’d written my recent post on Thinking Yourself Happy, I came across this article from a Chinese Business paper.
Most of us are aware of the existence of endorphins, those happy hormones that make us feel good…

“You can reduce stress, promote self-healing and make positive life changes by invoking your endorphins,” says therapist [...]