In my first blog, dated January 22, 2013, I discussed three forces that make it a challenge to be happy. These are: (1) you live in a world filled with hardships and hassles, ones that regularly devil ...

Attending to these 10 important principles will improve happiness and well-being. Easier said than done of course, but if we really want to be happy then we need to avoid the trap of working hard for ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In the late 1990s, Martin Seligman, the president of the American Psychological Association, noted psychology’s emphasis on ...

It may be a cliche, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true: Beyond a certain point money can’t buy happiness, at least not reliably or sustainably. The key insight into the nature of happiness for us ...

It's lunchtime, and members of the third- and fourth-grade Pawsitivity Club at Campanelli Elementary School have just snuck into a classroom to deliver bookmarks with encouraging messages, orange ...

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