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.
On Letting Go of the Past and Being Happy Today
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged happiness, healing, letting go of the past, mindfulness on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I sat with a young woman recenlty who continues to suffer from events that occurred long ago. She shared with me that she longs to be happy, but doesn’t know how. Of course, there is no simple answer that I can offer her. There is a quote by Robert Holden that I shared with her [...]
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