In a short TED talk, Nancy Etcoff, evolutionary psychologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical school, discusses (among other things) what cognitive science can tell us about the ways in which we attempt to achieve and increase our happiness, how surprisingly little it has to do with our circumstances, and its effects on our bodies. [...]
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The Surprising Science Behind Happiness
Posted in good life, happiness, mental health, positive psychology, tagged happiness, mental health, positive psychology on May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of the Greatest Discoveries of Our Era
Posted in good life, happiness, healing, hope, mental health, positive psychology, resiliance, transformation, tagged happiness, living well, mental health, neurobiology on March 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Diane Ackerman wrote in the New York Times, “A relatively new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly rewiring itself based on daily life. In the end, what we pay the most attention to defines us. How you choose to spend [...]
What Can Offer You More Money, Power, Freedom, Greater Health and Can Help Save the World? Ask Roger Doiron.
Posted in collective action, community, consumerism, happiness, health, hope, shared abundance, simple living, sustainability, tagged happiness, lawns to gardens, living consciously, living well, tough times on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How you can have more money, health, freedom and power and help save the world.
Money, Generosity and Happiness
Posted in good life, happiness, health, money, tagged good life, happiness, health, money on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Economist and professor, John Jelliwell, presented an excellent talk at the Dali Lama Center entitled, “Money, Generosity, and Happiness.” The talk is only 20 minutes long and I believe it’s well worth the time it takes to watch.
Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy
Posted in american pathology, consumerism, happiness, tagged consumerism, happiness, living consciously, materialism, true wealth on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How over consumption is undermining the American dream and our happiness.
In Search of the Good LIfe
Posted in awe and wonder, consumerism, good life, happiness, simple living, simplicity, spirituality, wisdom on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What is the ‘good life’? The late comedian, George Burns, concluded that he had had a good life. Scott and Helen Nearing (homesteaders and social activists) maintained that they had lived the ‘good life’ too. George Burns life was vastly different from the Nearings and yet I suspect that those who knew them each well [...]
There are No Ordinary Days
Posted in awe and wonder, happiness, Uncategorized on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are no ordinary days. Each one is saturated with miracles.
Tools for Promoting Post Traumatic Growth: #1 (Recasting)
Posted in childhood suffering, depression, happiness, healing recovery, resiliance, therapy on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recasting, the first of several tools for promoting post traumatic growth.
On Cultivating Happiness
Posted in happiness, resiliance on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ” Alan K. Chalmers Bill O’Hanlon , psychotherapist, author, and speaker referred those of us on his mailing list to a wonderful online resource entitled happier.com . Happier.com reports its mission is to “inspire people to be happier.” [...]
Happiness is Connected More to What We Do Then What We Have
Posted in consumerism, good life, happiness, money on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to research findings presented by Ryan Howell of San Francisco State University, ultimately it’s our experiences (what we do), not our possessions (what we have), that contribute most to our overall happiness. Hmmm… Science reinforcing wisdom… For more you can read: Study: Experiences Make us Happier Than Possessions Money = Happiness, But There’s a [...]
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