Think Happy!

It’s pretty old news by now, but here’s a great story, that made my day.
Felicia Lettieri, a 72-year old woman from Italy, visited New York at Christmas. On Christmas Eve, she left her purse in a taxi. That would be bad enough, but this purse contained traveling money for her and six relatives… $21,000 to [...]

Well, I guess that Christmas is the time for miracles, so finding this story today was a welcome discovery.
Anyone watching the patient known as “TN” successfully navigate his way through an obstacle course would have thought an eerie “sixth sense” was guiding his path.
Blinded by two strokes that destroyed his visual cortex, he has been [...]

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 [...]

According to a British study of mental health in the workplace, High-stress jobs make young workers twice as likely to suffer from major depression and anxiety disorders. The Guardian reports that 1 in 20 people in the early stages of their careers can expect to experience serious depression or anxiety every year as a direct [...]

According to a report by Expedia.com, Americans got the least amount of vacation days per year among the countries surveyed, averaging only 14 days, compared to:

24 days in Great Britain
26 days in Germany
30 days in Spain
36 days in France.

Not only do Americans get a meager amount of vacation time, they also tend not to use [...]