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What's the Most Popular Resolution for Happiness?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.22.2012

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When people tell me they've done their own happiness projects, I always ask, "What resolutions did you try? What worked for you?" One answer comes up more than any other.

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Reflections on the Earnest "Pursuit of Happiness"

Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen | Posted 05.17.2012

When you consider that the founding fathers of our country tried to provide us with the means for the actual separation between church and state, you ...

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How Happy is Your Kid's Bedroom?

Sophie Keller | Posted 05.04.2012

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The photos in Jude's room make him feel that his family is close to him, even though they are all around the world.

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The Happiest Countries Are in Northern Europe

John Helliwell | Posted 05.30.2012

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Is it possible to measure the happiness of the world's population? Remarkably it is, and the first World Happiness Report published today does just that.

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Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Happiness?

Nancy Colier | Posted 04.30.2012

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Happiness, when it comes from an external object, is always coming and going. And yet despite the fact that happiness is consistently inconsistent, permanently impermanent, we judge ourselves as failures when we cannot maintain consistent happiness.

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The Search for Happiness

Roko Belic | Posted 03.21.2012

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The greatest lesson I learned while making this film is that my pursuit of happiness is not about me. It's about our relationships and how we help each other. It's about us.

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Is it Selfish to Seek Happiness?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 03.20.2012

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I'm beginning to be hooked on happiness. And it turns out that becoming happy is not a selfish act. For me, at least, it seems a bit selfless.

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Getting The 'First Baby Of The New Year' Honor

Posted 12.31.2011

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It's not just a scene from a movie, some parents race against the clock to have the first baby of the new year. In most places, delivering just aft...

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The Way To Happiness: It's Not What You Think

Andy Smith | Posted 02.21.2012

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How do you find happiness? A first step in tackling this question is to understand what happiness means. But herein lies the problem. Our understanding of what happiness is (and how to get it) is often misaligned with what really drives happiness.

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A Few Myths About Happiness

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 01.08.2012

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Some define happiness as an individual experience, some as a collective one; some see it as an unattainable goal and then some see it as easily accessible. I have come to think that it is a combination.

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Are You A Fearist Or A Cheerist? The Power Of Positive Psychology

Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Overcoming Obstacles, Success, Positive Psychology, Optimism, Being a Positive Person, Wisdom, Remaining Optimistic, Dealing With Negativity, Positive, Happy, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

We tend to fall back on "I was only kidding" if they said something that wasn't particularly well-received, rather than take ownership of what they said. Fact is: even if he was only kidding, what's the point?

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10 Things I Have Learned In My Life

David R. Hamilton, Ph.D. | Posted 08.21.2011

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Here is a list of some of the things I've learned in my life, as an author, public speaker, as a friend, and as a life partner.

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Focusing on the Credit You Want

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wishful thinking for a windfall to save you might be nice, but -- bottom line -- it's your daily habits that got you where you are now. If you want to get someplace better, you've got to begin by doing things differently.

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The Joy Of Solitude

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 11.17.2011

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Being in solitude rather than loneliness is a choice, and we are ultimately in charge of our minds. I believe that the freedom found in solitude will support love.

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Two Christmas Eve Lessons

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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At this time of year I often think of the powerful lessons in a pair of Christmas Eve sermons given by two of my mentors, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Holiday Concierge: 5 LA Shops Worthy of Your Presents

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than spend another dime at the same old cookie cutter, overcrowded and cliché shopping mall retail stores, drop into one of these favored neighborhood nooks.

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The Biblical Definitions Of The Pursuit Of Happiness

Philip Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

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How should we construe the right to pursue happiness? The problem is that the words "happy" and "happiness" are used today in variety of interrelated but distinct senses.

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How Healthy Is Your Relationship?

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011

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One of the most asked questions I receive at seminars is, "What do couples need to make their relationship work well?" My answer is always the same: in order for a relationship to work well, it must first be healthy.

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Changing Careers May Allow You to Fulfill Your Dreams

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011

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Being willing and able to reinvent yourself and your life is a key to happiness. Going forward with a new career choice is sometimes a very necessary part of a successful life.

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Orthodox Jews Are Serious About Happiness

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not every day that Orthodox Jews gather in a synagogue to learn about happiness. But on a recent Sunday morning at Young Israel of Century City, a crowd gathered for precisely that.

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Tips for Living a Better Life -- From Pope John XXIII

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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I love reading other people's resolutions and their personal commandments, and I was very interested to read the daily decalogue of Pope John XXIII.

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The Happiness Creed

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.17.2011

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I believe that happiness is my birthright, as well as my responsibility; and I commit to claiming it.

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Sickness Shows Us What We Are

Alex Lemon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sickness Shows Us What We Are is not only true but it also allows us to see our lives and the lives of those around us with the clarity of kindness.

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Happiness Is... Living in Colorado

Sandy Grason | Posted 05.25.2011

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Living in Colorado is like going back in time, or perhaps stepping through a "nice portal."

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Happy Holidays

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Does the term "happy holidays" seem like an oxymoron? That's because hanging out with family can really make you nuts. You revert to immature behavior...

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