by Allison Aboud Holzer
In Positive Psychology circles and discussions about happiness, the topic of gratitude is likely to come up in conversation. While scientists disagree about the ideal dosage and type of gratitude intervention, most agree that some degree of focus on gratitude increases well-being, hope, and positive emotions. Some argue for keeping a gratitude journal, [...]
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by Allison Aboud Holzer
Some people are natural nesters. When we first moved to New Haven, I couldn’t even sleep at night knowing that boxes were left unpacked. My home space is a haven to me and I need to be surrounded by images of people I love and souvenirs from memories I cherish in order [...]
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by Mark Setton, Founder of the Pursuit of Happiness, this article was originally published in the Huffington Post
It seems that many Americans have been pursuing the Wall Street version of happiness with a vengeance, encouraged by the 2006 blockbuster “Pursuit of Happyness,” in which Will Smith and his real-life son become best buddies in an [...]
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by Allison Aboud Holzer
Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory at Yale University
Pursuit of Happiness, Inc.
The U.S. News and World Report special year-end issue included an article called “50 Ways to Improve Your Life in 2009.” This article highlighted 50 simple small changes we can make in our lives to improve them, many inspired by recent advances [...]
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by Maia Lynd, www.celebrateyourlight.com
The pursuit for happiness is a pursuit that has followed us for as long as we have walked this planet. In fact it has also followed every animal, every plant, and every cell of every animal and plant, for all of existence. This is because life is sustained by a Life force, [...]
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by Lionel Ketchian, founder of the Happiness Club. www.happinessclub.com
Happiness means that you can become a wholly functioning human being. Happiness means that you are able to experience your aliveness. Happiness means you will experience the very best that life has to offer. It may not be money, or power or fame, but [...]
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by Dr. Aaron Cooper, www.mykidshappiness.com
The topic of happiness has made an impressive showing in the media sweepstakes this season, edged out only by presidential politics and Paris Hilton’s latest escapades. Happiness authors have been crowding the airwaves like a traffic jam, while across the Internet, bloggers weigh in daily with suggestions for creating our much-desired [...]
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