Diary of a Happy Therapist: 8 Minute Meditation-Week One

Join me as I take the journey into meditation – and Happiness!

Kill Joy

In the last couple of articles I have been talking about fun (Fun and its Role in Happiness), challenging you to write a list of things you find to be fun and to differentiate whether they are a pleasure or something you find gratifying as differentiated by Martin Selgiman (Are We Having Fun Yet?). But [...]

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Fun can be broken down into different categories. Read on to discern what kind of fun are you having and how can you get more mileage out of it.

Fun and its Role in Happiness

The word “fun” is often tossed out as bait to lure consumers into the malls and amusement parks, but what really IS fun to you and how can you feel more of it?

Choosing a Self-Help Book Wisely

Finding real HELP in self-HELP books

Why You Are Not Happy

Here lies one of the secrets to your unhappiness: shifting comparison.

Can You Tell Lifelong Happiness Just From a Picture?

You can tell a lot from a smile. Do you have a genuine smile? There are specific markers of a real smile. This will get you opening up your yearbook and examining your own picture.

Multitasking

I have been teaching Happiness 101 as part of my private practice since April ’09 and only a month ago did I learn that former Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar released a DVD called “Happiness 101”! I just got it in the mail the other day after ordering it from PBS. It’s a great little video. [...]

Which will make you happier: a dog or a gym membership?

Whether looking for exercise or happiness, hounds take off the pounds better than the gym.

Love Based on Strength?

On what do we base our love?