Spread the Happiness, NOT the Icing! by Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach, Author and 50-Pound Big-Time-Loser In addition to today being an auspicious day of many eights, the start of the 2008 Olympics (08.08.08 tonight a   read more  »
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University of Illinois psychologist Edward Diener created one of the most basic and widely used tools for assessing happiness, the Satisfaction with Life Scale. It is in the public domain and is provided below: ...Published   read more  »
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“Of course, one doesn’t have to be married to be happy, but if that’s something you really want – and it is for most people – then the failure to attain it can have an impact on your overall happiness,” Plagnol says, adding   read more  »
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Don’t get me started on happiness, or obesity, or children’s literature, or Winston Churchill, unless you really want to talk about it. (I do manage to be very disciplined about not talking about my children too much.) ...P   read more  »
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…this movie, quite obviously. As soon as I saw the trailer, I was smitten. If it's not in a theater near you (grumble, DC, grumble}, it's out on DVD next month. I cannot wait. Via the lovely One Good Bumblebee blog.Publishe   read more  »
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Good news!Published by unknown on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:31:14 -0700Blog : http://digg.com/
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“Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes a man’s smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repenta   read more  »
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PauloCoelho says There are moments when people are incapable of understanding happiness.Published by PauloCoelho on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:28:12 -0700Blog : http://www.plurk.com/
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A recent article in Newsweek tries to make the point that having "bundles of joy" does not really make you happy, contrary to popular notions that having children is the key to such happiness. As Alan Jacobs points out here   read more  »
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Double Happiness Design by Stephanie Wells will give you exotic. Step into the world of Stephanie and her sister Alisa Rottenberg and experience their affordable, colorful, and travel-inspired jewels. ...Published by FabSug   read more  »
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From time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness. During my study of happiness, I’ve noticed that I often learn more from one person’s highly idiosyncratic experiences than   read more  »
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Beijing - No driver at the door, no luxury hotel suite. The Beijing Olympics offer athletes buses and rooms.Published by Ignacio Naya on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:55:02 -0700Blog : http:   read more  »
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COULDN’TWE all do with a little bit more happiness in our lives? While life in the UAE is certainly not arduous, our fast paced lifestyles can leave us feeling a bit empty. Alright so you have the car, the villa, the job tha   read more  »
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I don't think any 'real' Buddhist would say this, but it seems to me that most of Buddhist practice, at the core, is meant to be a remedy for this seemingly universal human tendency to equate a sense of control with happines   read more  »
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As an experimental social psychologist who has been studying happiness for almost 20 years, I’m often asked, “What makes people happy?” Until a few years ago, my answer always reflected the common wisdom and empirical findin   read more  »
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