Happiness

College Campuses: Ground Zero in America's Depression Epidemic

By Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. on January 27, 2011 in Charting the Depths

Where is ground zero for America's depression epidemic? College campuses. Read More

10 "Rules of Life" from Tolstoy. What Are Your Rules?

By Gretchen Rubin on January 27, 2011 in The Happiness Project

I have a love/hate relationship with Tolstoy. I love his fiction, and for that reason keep feeling compelled to learn more about his life, but then am driven away by his faults. I should stay away from Tolstoy biographies and just read his novels. Read More

Bullies and the Eddie Haskell Effect

By Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. on January 27, 2011 in Cutting-Edge Leadership

One reason why workplace bullies may not be discovered is because they suck up to the authorities while bullying subordinates and peers behind their backs. Just like Eddie Haskell from the old "Leave it to Beaver" show (who ingratiated himself to the parents while tormenting the Beaver), the bully pretends to be a model employee - but only when the boss is around. Read More

A Day in the Life of a Rapid Cycler

By Terri Cheney on January 26, 2011 in The Bipolar Lens

Even I have to admit I'd been a little weird the week before my birthday – soaring toward exaltation one minute, sinking to dejection the next, my emotions flitting too quickly through me to be properly felt. Mood instability is the classic hallmark of bipolar disorder, and I wondered, briefly, if I should call my doctor and ask him to adjust my meds. Read More

Could Changing a Harmful Habit Make You Happier?

By Meg Selig on January 26, 2011 in Changepower

If you want to be happier, try a habit change. Read More

Heteronymphonic Spree

By Jason Picetti on January 26, 2011 in The Adventures of ALS Boy

Two days ago, I finally figured out what to call them. If words that are spelled differently -- like there and their -- and are pronounced the same way are referred to as homonyms, then why shouldn't words that are spelled the same way and are pronounced differently -- like read (REED) and read (RED) -- be called heteronyms? Read More

Healing Our Families: Not Just For Today But For Future Generations

By Ann Smith on January 26, 2011 in Healthy Connections

We all know that bad things can happen to anyone at any time, at least intellectually. It is especially difficult when we see tragedy in the news and wonder how families ever recover from it. Read More

Guidelines for Revitalizing and Maintaining Sexual Desire

By Barry W. McCarthy, Ph.D. on January 26, 2011 in What's Your Sexual Style?

The prescription to revitalize and maintain sexual desire is intimacy, pleasuring, and eroticism. Read More

Video: Are You a "Yes" Resolver or a "No" Resolver?

By Gretchen Rubin on January 26, 2011 in The Happiness Project

This week’s resolution is to ask yourself: Are you a "yes" resolver or a "no" resolver? Read More

Why Workplace Bullies Thrive: The Bystander Effect

By Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. on January 26, 2011 in Cutting-Edge Leadership

Workplace bullying has reached epidemic proportions, but often workers don't "see" it. Why not? Here are some reasons and some solutions to stop bullying at work. Read More

Nature, Nurture, and Nobly Leading the Way

By Gerald Young, Ph.D. on January 25, 2011 in Rejoining Joy

We need a more refined understanding of behavioral development - one that includes ourselves as a factor in the mix of causes that help our behavior develop. Getting to where we aim to go depends not on the quality of the tools that we bring to the task but on the quality of the person that the task brings out in us. Read More

The "Popeye Point"

By Karl Albrecht, Ph.D. on January 25, 2011 in BrainSnacks

Everyone has had a "Popeye Experience" at some time in their life - a sudden decision to break out of a troublesome life situation and start doing what's best for you Read More

The Regret Factor: How it Impacts Our Happiness

By Marc Muchnick, Ph.D. on January 25, 2011 in No More Regrets!

The impact that regret can have on our lives is sometimes difficult to foresee. But what has recently become much clearer to me is that regret is an incredibly powerful and enduring feeling that is directly related to our happiness in the end. Read More

Eat Local and Laugh: Food and a Well-Lived Life

By The Psychoanalysis 3.0 Writing, Group on January 25, 2011 in Psychoanalysis 3.0

Developing skills of "culinary mindfulness" can help people make food choices part of a well-lived life Read More

Mindlessness and memory slips: How to find what you've lost

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. on January 25, 2011 in Fulfillment at Any Age

Memory is notoriously unreliable, leading many of us to misplace valued objects only to spend hours or days of frustrated search. Finding what you thought was lost forever can certainly boost your spirits, but if you "use your head," you'll be less likely to lose it in the first place. Read More

Self-control from Helping Others: Good Deeds Help us Lose Weight and Lift Cars

By Kurt Gray on January 25, 2011 in Minding Morality

Studies show that people become stronger and more tenacious after doing good deeds. Read More

Just One of Those Mondays

By Gretchen Rubin on January 25, 2011 in The Happiness Project

I just can't face writing it again. Read More

What’s Our Problem With Stuff?

By Renee Garfinkel, Ph.D. on January 24, 2011 in Time Out

The best - and by far the funniest - analysis of our society's complex relationship with materialism is George Carlin's comedy classic, "Stuff," which you can still find on YouTube. I guarantee it will make you laugh. Turn from there to your T.V. listings and what you'll see is a glimpse of our collective psyche: we've still got some pretty serious issues about stuff. Read More

Have you given up halfway?

By Dr. Susan Biali, M.D. on January 24, 2011 in Prescriptions for Life

Have you given up on a dream? If it still pulls at you, if daily reminders beckon to or grieve you, you may owe it to yourself and the world to go all the way. Read More

What weight-lifting can do for a former anorexic

By Dr Emily T. Troscianko on January 24, 2011 in A Hunger Artist

What are the dangers, and the rewards, of taking up weight-lifting for someone who used to suffer from anorexia? I reflect on the changes this sport has wrought on my body and my attitudes to exercise, food, and body image, and how it can represent an escape from the concept of exercise as a means merely to move along the spectrum between thin and fat. Read More

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by Eliezer Sobel

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Ethical Wisdom
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By Mark Matousek
Feeling It
Emotional expertise for happiness and success
By Emma M. Seppala, Ph.D.
Finding Cloud9
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By Jamie Long, Psy.D.
Happiness in this World
Reflections of a Buddhist physician
By Alex Lickerman, M.D.
How of Happiness
The scientific pursuit of happiness
By Sonja Lyubomirsky
In Love and War
Rethinking the way we treat ourselves.
By Juliana Breines
Lifelines
The truth about life and love.
By Gordon Livingston
Making Hope Happen
Create the Future You Want
By Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D.
Raising Happiness
In Pursuit of Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
By Christine L. Carter, Ph.D.
Significant Results
Using research findings to tell a more positive story.
By Robert Biswas-Diener
The Beauty in the Beast
Happiness across the cultures.
By Jaime Cundy
The Blame Game
The complete guide to blaming: How to play and how to quit.
By Neil Farber, M.D., Ph.D.
The Happiness Project
A chronicle of my attempts to test-drive every tip, principle and scientific study that promotes happiness
By Gretchen Rubin
Women and Happiness
The history, science, and experiences of women and personal fulfillment.
By Ariel Gore
Your Neurochemical Self
Getting real with a 200-million-year-old brain
By Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D.