The Science of Well-Being
happiness
The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments
Hygge: The Danish Secrets of Happiness.: How to be Happy and Healthy in Your Daily Life
“Some of the simplest moments are the most precious. Stop chasing after material objects.” This book has been written by Maya Thoresen. The publishers say: “In Hygge: The Danish Secrets of Happiness. How to be Happy and Healthy in Your Daily…
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Are We Trading Our Happiness for Modern Comforts?
“The Swedish business professor Carl Cederström argues persuasively in his book The Happiness Fantasy that corporations and advertisers have promised satisfaction, but have led people instead into a rat race of joyless production and consumption.” This article is subtitled “As society gets richer,…
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Oliver Burkeman’s last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life
We Become What We Think
Time, not material goods, ‘raises happiness’
” … my take home message is, ‘think about it, is there something you hate doing that fills you with dread and could you pay somebody else to do that for you?’ If so, then science says that’s a pretty…
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In Search of Silence
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. The Harvard Study of Adult Development may be the longest…
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American happiness is plummeting. Could a few words change that?
“A psychologist claims that learning ‘untranslatable words’ from other cultures may be a key to being happy. I experimented on myself to see whether it’s true.” Sigal Samuel, writing in Vox magazine , says: “‘Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just…
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