Think Happy!

The American Sociologist, Tony Campolo, once said,
“For 18 years, I thought I thought I was depressed. Then, I found out I was just tired!”
Though ‘Sleeping Better’ may seem like a strange topic for a Happiness blog, it’s importance could hardly be over-stated. If you are not sleeping well, you will struggle to maintain a happy [...]

I should warn you, first of all, that if you’re not used to doing something like this, it will feel silly. Deal with it.
I can honestly say that when I was first taken through an exercise like the one below, I felt like I had learnt to relax for the first time in my life. [...]

I recently came across an interesting guest post over at Zen Habits.
Murder! Ringing phones, broken equipment, lost data, rude customers, unreasonable deadlines, demanding bosses. A sure-fire recipe for a 187.
The author, Albert Foong, goes on to note that the days we are living in require emotional intelligence and psychologically tested methods ‘to handle anything that [...]

Learning to relax is, in my personal experience, fundamental to living a life of joy. However, because it sounds so simple, it is often by-passed in favour of more ‘mysterious’, ‘ethereal’ or ‘New Age’ solutions.
One of the the most helpful tools that I’ve found in learning to relax is meditation. When it is not part [...]

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 [...]

Some time ago, on my anabaptist spirituality blog, I introduced my readers to the joy of Zen Habits.
For those of you who don’t know, Zen Habits is the blog of Leo Babauta and covers: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, physical fitness, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, successfully implementing good [...]