Authentic Happiness

Happy Is as Happy Does

Dennis Whittle | Posted 06.04.2011

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Dennis Whittle

Artists create and critics analyze; few artists analyze well and few critics create good art. That was my reaction to Martin Seligman's new book Flourish: A New Understanding of Happiness and Well Being.

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Why Pleasure Is Not Happiness (VIDEO)

Matthieu Ricard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pleasure Happiness, Real Happiness, Pleasure Happiness Difference, Happiness Pleasure, Happines Buddhism, Happiness Pleasure Difference, Difference Between Pleasure and Happiness, Authentic Happiness, Difference Between Happiness and Pleasure, Buddhism Happiness, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Matthieu Ricard

We often confuse genuine happiness with merely seeking enjoyable feelings. Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

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Be Easily Impressed and Hard to Offend, Instead of the Other Way Around

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mike Robbins

What if we did appreciate the simple things all the time, in an authentic way? What kind of an impact would that have on our lives, our work and our relationships?

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Vets with PTSD: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again--Tell Him to 'Think Positively

Bryant Welch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Psychology, Resilience Psychology, Resiliency, Ptsd, Torture, Authentic Happiness, Positive Psychology, Seligman, Politics News
Bryant Welch

Johnny was a Vietnam War vet and one of my first patients. There was no question his life as a "normal young American," much less his life as a robust young Marine, was over.

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