Happiness

When Less is More

Too Much Happiness May Be Too Much of a Good Thing

Are you happy? Well don’t try to be happier; you might become less happy. That is the gist of a multi-cultural study published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [continue reading…]

What really makes us happy?

Rob Sharp
The Independent, UK
September 11, 2007

Lessons in wellbeing will soon be on the syllabus for every British schoolchild. But what about the rest of us? Rob Sharp takes a crash course in contentment

What can we do to improve our emotional lot?

Academics such as Richard Layard, who wrote the critically acclaimed 2005 bestseller Happiness, suggests that everything from health to our friends, family and even our working lives are vital. [continue reading…]