Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Jayashri Kulkarni
“I will definitely give up smoking – that’s my New Year’s resolution,” she stated emphatically as she thumped her fist on the table to underline her determination. “All very well”, I thought, as I sat opposite her in my medical consulting room in October.
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- Written by: Jelena Kecmanovic
It’s that time of year when people make their New Year’s resolutions – indeed, 93% of people set them, according to the American Psychological Association.
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- Written by: Dorsa Amir
In the field of psychology, the image is canon: a child sitting in front of a marshmallow, resisting the temptation to eat it.
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- Written by: José Antonio Rosa
Life is made up of countless decisions. The idea of nudging people in the right direction, instead of relying on their internal motivation, has gained traction over the last decade.
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- Written by: Rita Louise.
We as humans, just like the wildflowers, must bend and flow to the demands placed upon us by our environment. The body's ability to maintain an inner balance in the face of changing conditions of our environment...
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- Written by: Tima Bansal and Jury Gualandris
The amount of “stuff” that moves in and out of households during the Christmas season is staggering.
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- Written by: Marshini Chetty
“Dark patterns” meant to push people shopping online into spending more are startlingly common, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Gerald Walton
In October 2019, a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old were charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Devan Bracci-Selvey, who died in his mother’s arms outside his southern Ontario high school.
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- Written by: Rajesh Rao and Koosha Khalvati
Using a mathematical framework with roots in artificial intelligence and robotics, researchers have uncovered the process for how people make decisions in groups.
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- Written by: Tera Fazzino and Kaitlyn Rohde
All foods are not created equal. Most are palatable, or tasty to eat, which is helpful because we need to eat to survive. For example, a fresh apple is palatable to most people and provides vital nutrients and calories.
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- Written by: Lenedra J. Carroll
We lack self-trust because of the countless times we sold ourselves out, abandoned ourselves, ignored our intuition, refused to take appropriate action, forfeited our power. So, lacking self-trust, we are left to the hopeless device of trying to make everyone and everything conform to our need to feel safe.
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- Written by: Rena Greenberg
When we enter a state of having intense food cravings, it is often because we are reacting to a particular trigger, such as an uncomfortable or disturbing interaction or the occurrence of a stressful event. We then go into a stressed state—perhaps our muscles in the belly, jaw, shoulders, or pelvis become clenched unconsciously or we find ourselves feeling numb or agitated.
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- Written by: Rachel Anne Barr
“Fake news” is a relatively new term, yet it’s now seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy and free debate.
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- Written by: Eric Schwitzgebel
There’s something I don’t like about the ‘Golden Rule’, the admonition to do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
Have you experienced some turbulence in these last months? It seems like these recent times have presented many folks with personal unexpected life-altering struggles. Our own trials and tribulations, in addition to the surreal political situation and what's happening throughout the world is taking a toll on our emotional, physical, psychological, and mental well-being.
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- Written by: Yu Luo, et al
The scientific evidence for climate change is unequivocal: 97 per cent of actively publishing climate scientists agree that human activities are causing global warming.
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- Written by: Aditi Malhotra
The “retargeted” ads that follow us around online work, especially when they start popping up early, research finds.
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- Written by: Marco Travaglio
Motivation can be a hard thing to come by. Whether at home, at school or at work, most of us have been in a situation where we know exactly what to do but lack the mental power to do it.
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- Written by: Kelly L. Haws, Brent McFerran, and Peggy Liu
Making choices that you probably otherwise wouldn’t make were you alone – probably happens more often than you think in a wide variety of settings...
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- Written by: Kate Laffan
According to TheNew Republic magazine in June this year: ‘You will have to make sacrifices to save the planet’, while the US newspaper Metro asks: ‘What would you give up to end climate change?’
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- Written by: Sara LaJeunesse
Employers’ small gestures of kindness can have big impacts on employees’ health and work performance, researchers report.
