The best articles explaining how to be and stay happy.
How to Be Happier: Proven Ways to Boost Your Mood and Feel More Connected and Content
You may think happiness just happens to you, but in truth, the keys to happiness are within your control. Here are the small steps that can change everything. Our editors and …
10 Forgotten Truths to Help You Get Through Hard Times
WRITTEN by MARC CHERNOFF That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” –Friedrich Nietzsche The wisest, most loving, and well rounded people you have ever met are likely those …
5 Tips To Stay Positive In Negative Situations
Negative situations happen all the time. We can’t avoid them, so how can we counteract their negative effect on our lives and our attitudes? Learning the power of positive thinking …
5 Tips to Overcome a Major Setback
“Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together.” ~Unknown. Just when I thought I was ready to get some of my ideas into motion and action, …
Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy
It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction? JOE PINSKER The Atlantic There are three things, once one’s basic needs are satisfied, …
Think of Yourself Less
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” Thoughtful words from C.S. Lewis, but do they equate to real life happiness? Our self-esteem is a bit …
40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah Eckhart Tolle believes …
6 Steps Toward Resilience & Greater Happiness
By Therese J. Borchard Psychcentral 6 Steps Toward Resilience & Greater Happiness The opposite of depression is not happiness, according to Peter Kramer, author of “Against Depression” and “Listening to …
Addicted to Stress? Surrender and Go With the Flow
By Judith Orloff, MD, Special to Everyday Health There’s a telling detail in the latest “Stress in America” survey from the American Psychological Association. About half of the respondents (48 percent) …
Staying off Facebook can make you happier, study claims
You may not like it, but staying away from Facebook will probably make you happier. Researchers in Denmark asked people to stop using their social media account for a week to see …
How Vacations Affect Your Happiness
Vacations are a chance to take a break from work, see the world and enjoy time with family. But do they make you happier? Researchers from the Netherlands set out …
Get Outside More: Happiness is Maximized at 57°
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor recommends spending time in the fresh air to improve your happiness: Making time to go outside on a nice day also delivers a huge …
The PERMA Model
Bringing Well-Being and Happiness to Your Life We all want to be happy. When we’re happy, we’re productive, we’re good at building meaningful relationships with those around us, and… we feel …
(Not So Great) Expectations
Expectations: use them or be used by them. The brain is finely tuned to expectations, and an expectation that isn’t met, no matter how seemingly unimportant, can sometimes pack a …
Hit the refresh button
It’s easy to fill every waking moment of your free time with smartphone apps, social media browsing, TV, books, hobbies, and more, but it isn’t always a good idea. Sometimes …
When Money CAN Bring You Happiness: 3 Cutting-Edge Researchers Share Their Secrets
By Molly Triffin – article found here. You’ve heard the refrain countless times: Money can’t buy happiness. Or love. Or class, for that matter. But a wave of new research suggests that …
Laughter is the Best Medicine
The Health Benefits of Humor and Laughter Humor is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. When laughter is shared, it …
Keeping Good Company: Why You Should Surround Yourself With Good People
People have a huge impact on your life. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” says American entrepreneur and motivational speaker Jim Rohn. …
Focus on people, not things.
The path to real happiness doesn’t lie through an iPhone or a fancy car. In fact, research suggests that people who are focused on material things are often trying to …
Cultivate optimism.
Why does winning the lottery not make people happy? In the 1970s, researchers followed people who’d won the lottery and found that a year afterward, they were no happier than …
Why Music Makes You Happy
THE GIST – Listening to moving music causes the brain to release dopamine, a feel-good chemical. – Dopamine-induced pleasure may help explain why music has been such a big part …
40 Ways to Find Joy in Your Everyday Life
Here are 40 simple ways for accessing joy on a daily basis. 1. Play with kids. 2. Play like a kid. 3. Learn something new (play a new sport or …
Meditation Will Make You Smarter (and Happier)
Studies continuously demonstrate why meditation is good for us. Meditation is probably as old as human civilization itself. While the test of time could be proof positive demonstrating the benefits …
6 Reasons Why Exercise Makes You Happy
Sure, you know exercise is good for you. It keeps your weight in check, makes you stronger, and keeps you feeling youthful and staying active into old age. But did …
The History of Happiness
Apparently it’s an American thing – beHAPPY A modern Russian adage holds that “a person who smiles a lot is either a fool or an American.” It’s true that when …
Zen Living: 4 Ways Decluttering Increases Happiness
Before you read this, take a lap around your home. Make a mental note of all the “stuff” you see or find. Check the closest, the basement, and the cabinets. …
8 Life-Changing Lessons From TED Talks on How to Be Happy
Ever wonder if you could make yourself happier? You can. Here’s how. BY MINDA ZETLIN Co-author, ‘The Geek Gap What makes us happy? Thirteen happiness experts, including psychologists, researchers, monks, and …
30 Traits Happy People Have in Common
by MARC CHERNOFF “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” ―Aristotle Books on happiness are a dime a dozen. I’m a bit of a self-improvement junkie, so I can assure that they are …
Troubling Habits of Chronically Unhappy People
By – Dr. Travis Bradberry Coauthor Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & President at TalentSmart Happiness comes in so many different forms that it can be hard to define. Unhappiness, on the other …