Womankind

4 min. di lettura

I’m watching a group of Buddhist monks creating a jewel-like mandala of coloured sands. The film, Werner Herzog’s Wheel of Time, documents the Buddhist Kalachakra initiation, a ritual held over ten or so days each year, which is attended by hundreds

Best Self Magazine

5 min. di lettura

Photograph by Anna Bay — I’m always open to chatting about busy; it seems everyone else is, too. Is epidemic too strong a word to describe the extent to which ‘busy’ is impacting our health, our happiness, and the quality of our relationships? I don’

NPR

3 min. di lettura

A recent study suggests that when people spend their extra cash to get help with time-consuming chores, they're likelier to feel better than if they use the money to buy more things.

Essentials South Africa

2 min. di lettura

Winning the lotto would make you happy, right? Or what about being given a brand-new car? Turns out, to experience pure happiness, you need more than just material wealth. ‘There are two major dimensions to happiness,’ explains Miriam Akhtar, an expe

Singapore Women's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

what made you happy today? Seeing how excited your dog was when you walked in? The fact that you woke up to sunny skies? If you’re noticing and getting joy from such tiny things, then you’re already in the spirit of savouring. If not, it’s easy to st

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

2 min. di lettura

What made you happy today? Seeing how excited your dog was when you walked in? The fact that you woke up to sunny skies? If you’re noticing and getting joy from such tiny things, then you’re already in the spirit of savouring. If not, it’s easy to st

Popular Science

3 min. di lettura

Don’t forget to get milk from the store after picking up the kids from soccer practice. Also, we’re cleaning out the garage today. Gerd Altmann I hate cleaning the bathroom. I also always feel pressed for time. So whenever I delay cleaning duty, it j

Her World Singapore

1 min. di lettura

When I was a young girl, my annual birthday wish was always “I just want to be happy”. Sometime in my late 20s, I realised that happiness is a choice, and not a fleeting emotion. Happiness is not a destination – it’s a decision. But how do we get the

Nautilus

2 min. di lettura

While on vacation in distant locales, people often find that time moves quite differently than in the places they’re used to. In the tropics, we settle into the grooves of “island time” and relax thanks to a more leisurely rhythm. A trip to a big cit

Good Health

2 min. di lettura

What made you happy today? Seeing how excited your dog was when you walked in? The fact that you woke up to sunny skies? If you’re noticing and getting joy from such tiny things, then you’re already in the spirit of savouring. If not, it’s easy to st

Womankind

1 min. di lettura

When asked, “What makes you happy?”, most people will list items such as financial security, good health, a hearty meal, time with friends and family, and so on. Few will say, “I am most happy when sitting alone in an empty room.” Happiness for many,

Women's Health Australia

5 min. di lettura

“Tell me somethin’, girl, are you happy in this modern world?” That’s the question posed in Bradley Cooper’s rocker croak in A Star Is Born mega hit Shallow. The answer most of us might give? “Meh, not so much”, at least if we go by the latest World

Woman & Home Feel Good You

1 min. di lettura

When the nights get cold and dark, the last thing we feel like doing is going outside, preferring to snuggle down with a roaring fire and our favourite Netflix show. But did you know that getting outside even when it’s freezing can be good for you? I

Reason

2 min. di lettura

“DOES MONEY BUY happiness?” asked economist Richard Easterlin in a famous 1973 essay in The Public Interest. His conclusion was that once a certain level of economic development had been achieved, greater wealth and income did not lead to greater ove

The Saturday Evening Post

1 min. di lettura

As we age, we need to maintain a sense of purpose. Studies suggest that engaging in writing, painting, and music can spark happiness and even better health. “Many people don’t see too far away from their nose, and money has become too important,” say

Good Housekeeping South Africa

4 min. di lettura

We often think of happiness as a destination, lit up by sunshine in the distance. We often convince ourselves that we’ll only get there when everything falls into place: landing the dream job, buying the perfect house or falling in love. We see it as

Womankind

1 min. di lettura

Want to be rich and famous? Then don’t expect to be happy, argues psychologist Tim Kasser in his book The High Price of Materialism. If your aim in life is to be wealthy, famous, and good looking then you’re increasing your chances of being miserable

Nautilus

3 min. di lettura

Have you ever been walking in a dark alley and seen something that you thought was a crouching person, but it turned out to be a garbage bag or something similarly innocuous? Me too. Have you ever seen a person crouching in a dark alley and mistaken

Writing Magazine

1 min. di lettura

‘It started as a joke,’ writes subscriber Pam Keevil. ‘“Why don’t you compile all those great ideas you used from psychology, personal development when you were a coach and leadership trainer?” I said to my husband Peter. That was in August 2019. We

WHO

3 min. di lettura

Exciting and adventurous new opportunities may develop. Favourable domestic affairs and happiness also bring excitement into your daily routine. Push ahead with home improvements and future savings programs. Winning people’s support is easy now and p

WellBeing

1 min. di lettura

To be more conscious of the environment. I have been achieving this by recycling more and doing more volunteering for charities. The biggest thing I want to do is lose weight and to quit smoking, which is going be hard, but I have an amazing daughter

Woman & Home Feel Good You

1 min. di lettura

Did you know? On average, we check our phones 150 times a day, with 53% of us waking up at least once a night to them.* For many of us, letter writing is a lost art, perhaps only associated with sitting down after Christmas to write ‘thank you’ notes

Top Sante

2 min. di lettura

WHEN YOU think about age, you are usually drawn to your chronological age – the number of candles on your birthday cake. Let’s imagine you are 55. Your underlying assumptions are that your chronological age is the go-to measure; that you can look bac

MacLife

2 min. di lettura

Last year was one of the most stressful in recent memory, and so far this year hasn’t been much better, so it’s understandable if you’re looking for ways to increase your happiness. Thankfully, there are lots of apps on hand to help you take back con

Harper's Bazaar Australia

2 min. di lettura

HAPPINESS has had its own mood swings in the past decade. First, we learnt that it’s more satisfying to plant our own salad rocket than to build a McMansion. The Happiness Project gave us proof of love. We sparked joy Marie Kondo-ing our wardrobes an

India Today

2 min. di lettura

What is the secret to happiness? The 14th Dalai Lama, a man a lot of people believe has the answers to most maladies, recently had this to say. Happiness is not something ready-made, he said. It comes from your own actions. 'Without showing a warm-he

Woman NZ

2 min. di lettura

What’s love got to do with it? Well, everything, of course! Of all the factors that predict positive outcomes in life, supportive relationships are one of the most important, affecting our physical health, our mental wellbeing, the happiness we exper

The Millions

6 min. di lettura

For writers, real success is the days and weeks and months and years of satisfying, engaging work it takes to produce the book, no matter what happens to it afterward. The post Our Work and Why We Do It appeared first on The Millions.

Her World Singapore

2 min. di lettura

We’re generally a blissful bunch, so say half of the women in Her World’s Happiness Survey 2019 – and the rest are seemingly contented. The best indicators of happiness are career success, good health and financial security, but women seek more to fi

Futurity

2 min. di lettura

By analyzing 8 million books and 65 million newspaper articles, researchers have created the first-ever “index of national happiness” going back to 1820. Key findings include from the index include: Money helps: Increases in national income do genera