If you didn’t know, today is World Happy Day. It is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker Roko Belic, who wanted to co-ordinate screenings of his new film Happy - a look at the scientific and spiritual underpinnings of that most elusive emotion - all over the world. It is being supported by many worthwhile organisations, including Action for Happiness, of which I am a member, and you … [Read more...] about Do we really need a World Happy Day?
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My love is like a green, green ivy leaf…
This morning, the Telegraph website published a lovely gallery of photos of naturally occurring heart shapes (link below), which demonstrates that there really are hearts everywhere if you look for them. It got me thinking about the heart icon, how our brains scan for it and pattern-match it all the time, and what were the origins of a symbol that has come to mean everything from eternal love … [Read more...] about My love is like a green, green ivy leaf…
Happy thoughts, happy brain – is it that easy?
I’ve just been reading an article on the Psychology Today website which says if you want to be happy, make sure you keep your brain happy. Because being happy means more to your brain than you might imagine. It seems that the brain is primed to respond to pleasure in a way that reinforces pleasure, therefore it rewards happy thoughts. Every thought you have releases brain chemicals, so … [Read more...] about Happy thoughts, happy brain – is it that easy?
Things I know about internet dating
Internet dating has been in the news this week. The Guardian asks, “Is it destroying love?”; Time Magazine wonders: “Does it make it harder to find The One?” I can speak with some authority on the subject because I met my husband through a dating website. Our story was deemed remarkable enough for a leading newspaper and monthly magazine to print articles about how we met - … [Read more...] about Things I know about internet dating
Being happily successful and successfully happy
In recent weeks I’ve been pondering the relationship between happiness and success. Can you be happy without achieving whatever success means to you? Can you be successful without being happy? One perspective on this conundrum was offered by positive psychology expert Shawn Achor in his recent TED talk. He has travelled to many different countries, working with schools and companies, … [Read more...] about Being happily successful and successfully happy
I was walking to the station the other day, and I caught myself enjoying life… … [Read more...] about
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