Finding Happiness

7 Ways To Spark Creativity

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.26.2012

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I've read a lot of advice about how to spark creativity. Everyone's creativity takes a different form, however, so the advice that works varies from person to person.

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Rewrapping Divorce As A Gift

Lisa Arends | Posted 05.03.2012

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I was with my husband for 16 years. Sixteen good years. Little did I know a tsunami was forming beneath the placid surface of our marriage.

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What Good Is Joy in the Face of All This Sadness?

Dylan Kendall | Posted 04.18.2012

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In my travels around the world to some of the poorest places on the planet I found that people would frequently rush to share with me their most joyful object or experience -- a meal, a song, a path they liked to walk.

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Pinned: Porn on Pinterest

Susan Harrow | Posted 05.14.2012

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I'm in love with Pinterest the new hot social network where images are digital coke -- addictive, unlimited pleasure with just a few side effects -- l...

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3 Steps to Moving Beyond the Recession

Melissa Van Rossum | Posted 05.26.2012

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With these three steps, we can heal the grief that binds us, and move forward in wise and insightful ways that we could not have before our challenges.

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Is There A Key To Happiness In The Midst Of Life's Storms?

David Wilson | Posted 04.29.2012

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Contentment, I believe, comes when we entrust ourselves, through faith into His loving care, knowing that where we are at this moment in our lives, is just where He wants us to be.

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The Best Kept Secret to Happiness ...

Maria Lin | Posted 04.25.2012

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Each small pleasure in life can be lingered over to produce more happiness for our buck.

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Virtual Hugging Website Spreads Love Across Interwebs

Posted 01.12.2012

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Forget Disneyland -- there's a new happiest place on Earth, or at least on the internet. If you got dumped, failed a test, were deferred from your dre...

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10 Tips For Finding True Love And Happiness

www.rd.com | Posted 12.23.2011

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In their new book Love for Grown-ups: The Garter Brides’ Guide to Marrying for Life When You’ve Already Got a Life, the Garter Brides (Ann Blument...

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Hug the Monkey

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 02.20.2012

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Feeling understood, valued and cherished -- whether as a child or an adult, and with regard to another person or to a group -- may not be a life and death matter, but it certainly affects one's happiness and effectiveness.

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Are You Really 'Living' Life?

Peter Baksa | Posted 12.25.2011

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Most of us seek happiness to feel we've lived our lives. It's one of the most sought after states, most spoken about and still remains one of the vaguest ones.

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Raising Happy Children

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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By understanding how happiness develops, you can help your children find true happiness. The real causes of happiness are all within your children's control, so they can actively do things that foster their own happiness.

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Revealed: The Secret To Long Life And Happiness

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Researchers found that personality and social relations in childhood significantly predicted risk of mortality many years later. The findings were not what you may expect, though.

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'A Thousand Twangling Instruments'

Tamsin Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

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Suffering is not the opposite of joy -- they are foreground and background. One unfolds and magnifies the other. When a smile can be forged from anguish, then it's a thing of beauty and truth.

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A Day Of Sky

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Reaching out to those you have postponed and expressing honest appreciation for the gifts others bring you will open up your "Day of Sky" in the coldest days of this or any season.

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Does Pursuing Our Passions Really Make Us Happier?

Joe Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

A passion doesn't just plug you into a dependable source of rhapsodic moments each week, it also provides the best kind of happiness: gratification, a lasting sense of fulfillment that the instant mood upgrades can't.

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What We Can Learn From Research On Forgiveness And Gratitude

Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Understandings of happiness differ by worldview and faith traditions, cultural contexts and individual characteristics.

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Can We Afford Joy In A World Of Suffering?

James Baraz | Posted 11.17.2011

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When people hear that I teach an online course called Awakening Joy, they sometimes respond with skepticism; the idea of letting themselves actually feel joy in times like these seems a bit frivolous and self-indulgent.

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Turn On Your Happiness Antenna

Randy Taran | Posted 11.17.2011

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We've all heard that happiness is contagious. If you want to experience, transmit and receive more of what life has to offer, here are some easy ways to turn on your happiness antenna.

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Lindsay, Snooki, Mel and Happiness

Joe Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Some people are run by the outer optics we're led to believe are the only gauges of personal value--money, appearance, status, fame, work. This is a splendid prescription for unhappiness.

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Happiness Is Overrated

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

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I think happiness happens when we're not "trying" so hard, when we're not totally obsessed with "being happy" but rather living in the natural flow of our soul's agenda.

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Reconsider the Rules of Thumb You Use in Everyday Life

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

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My adventures in happiness research led me to the concept of heuristics. Heuristics are "rules of thumb," the quick, common sense principles people apply to solve a problem or make a decision.

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Spiritual Solutions #1: See the World in Your Self, Your Home

Annie B. Bond | Posted 11.17.2011

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When you see the world in yourself, there are no more outward obstacles to happiness. The inner and outer worlds are mirrors of each other.

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Psychology of Happiness

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 11.17.2011

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In order to define what makes us happy we need to learn who we are, what our needs are, what we desire in life, what makes us grow, and what strengths and limitations we have.

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Happiness Boot Camp: How to Take Charge of Your Own Happiness

Randy Taran | Posted 11.17.2011

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What if we could practice ourselves into a place where happiness became our new default? Here are three ways that can change your perspective, your brain and your happiness quotient.

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