Think Happy!

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 [...]

After struggling with depression for many years, I learnt a simple truth that has become the foundation of this blog: Happiness is a state of mind.
This should really have been clear to me over 16 years ago. The first counsellor that I saw would speak about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and tried to help me see [...]

Conrad Gempf questions whether it is helpful to speak of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as God-given rights.
‘We seem to want those rights to be fundamental to our relationships — the rules that they obey — rather than the other way round.’
Though I wouldn’t necessarilly agree with Conrad’s implication that happiness is tied-up [...]

A French Buddhist monk is, according to Scientists, the world’s happiest man. And the good news is that he is sharing his secrets to make the world a happier place.
The trick, he reckons, is to put some effort into it. In essence, happiness is a “skill” to be learned.
Matthieu Ricard, 60, abandoned his [...]