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Financial Freedom Can Make You Happy — Here’s How You Can Achieve It
As the old adage goes, money can’t buy happiness. Study after study has shown that the size of one’s bank account does not necessarily relate to satisfaction with one’s life. At the same time however, financial freedom can contribute to your happiness. Psychology...
8 Strategies to Manage Overwhelming Feelings
At some point, many of my clients—especially the high-achieving, hard-work-can-make-it-happen ones—experience a tipping point at work.
Let’s Suffer from Post-Traumatic Growth
A pandemic is a traumatic experience on a global scale. The trauma that billions are experiencing from COVID-19 may come from many sources.
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Change What You Are Doing
In response to a previous JOT — Find Stillness — a wise therapist, Betsy Sansby, reminded me that sometimes a person just can’t find any stillness anywhere.
Friends with Benefits: Pets Make Us Happier, Healthier
Social support is essential for psychological and physical well-being, but are people the only source of a sense of belonging? For example, lonely people are often advised to get a dog or a cat
Are You Feeling Lonely? How About Getting A Pet?
They aren’t great at texting you when they are running late. You shouldn’t expect to get any car rides from them. They may poop when you are discussing something serious with them.
Science Says Your Pet Is Good for Your Mental Health
Being a pet in America is a plum gig. Pets are incredibly well loved: according to a 2015 Harris poll, 95% of owners think of their animal as a member of the family.
5 Steps for Women to Combat Burnout
These days, gurus across the internet claim dozens of routines will put you on the path to fulfillment. In one camp, there are the evangelists of wholesome habits: Get up early, make your bed, and exercise, and you’ll inevitably encounter success.
The Habits of Highly Successful People
These days, gurus across the internet claim dozens of routines will put you on the path to fulfillment. In one camp, there are the evangelists of wholesome habits: Get up early, make your bed, and exercise, and you’ll inevitably encounter success.
Eight Ways Gratitude Boosts Happiness
By Sonja Lyubomirsky It may sound corny, but the research clearly demonstrates that you would be happier if you cultivated an “attitude of gratitude.” However, instead of your following this advice blindly, it’s important to understand why and how expressing gratitude...
Happiness Doesn’t Follow Success — It’s the Other Way Around
By Lisa C Walsh, Julia K Boehm & Sonja Lyubomirsky Work hard, become successful, then you’ll be happy. At least, that’s what many of us were taught by our parents, teachers and peers. The idea that we must pursue success in order to experience happiness is...
Debunking the Myths of Happiness
by Jason Marsh Few things seem more American than the pursuit of happiness, but are we going about it all wrong? That’s one of the questions raised by The Myths of Happiness, the new book by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Lyubomirsky is a professor of psychology at the University...
What Leading with Optimism Really Looks Like
by Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan When there is negative news everywhere you look and unprecedented financial and logistical challenges facing so many companies, it can be tough to advise people to stay positive. Many leaders we work with worry, especially now during...
A father learns the true reward of taking a free online happiness course with his son
By Jeff Schrum Even before the coronavirus pandemic, my wife and I worried that we were running out of time to help our two teens learn the self-care and coping skills they’ll need to launch themselves into an increasingly volatile world. No longer an elective,...
The Science of Helping Out
By By Tara Parker-Pope At a time when we are all experiencing an extraordinary level of stress, science offers a simple and effective way to bolster our own emotional health. To help yourself, start by helping others. Much of the scientific research on resilience —...