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: Lawrence Doochin
Did we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what we’re told by the government or others in positions of authority, like a job supervisor?
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- Written by: Cheryl Pallant, PhD
Many of us tend to pursue areas of strengths and ignore areas of weakness. There’s good reason to use strengths. They reinforce competence. But there’s also good reason to explore and utilize weaknesses.
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- Written by: Tom Garner, Sheffield Hallam University
How Christmas music in adverts and shops harnesses nostalgia to encourage you to spend more
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- Written by: Sara Goldstein, University of Delaware
Why are bullies so mean? A youth psychology expert explains what’s behind their harmful behavior
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- Written by: Penelope Hasking, Curtin University and Stephen P. Lewis, University of Guelph
Someone has told you they’re self-harming. Now what?
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- Written by: Steve Taylor
Our prehistoric ancestors lived in a state of connection, without a sense of separateness to their immediate environment or their community. However, at some point a “fall” into disconnection occurred.
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- Written by: Jaime A. Pineda, PhD
Most of us feel traumatized by what seems like an out-of-control life. But the good news is there is something we can do.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In the teachings of Buddhism, "hungry ghosts" are ethereal entities that exist within the cycle of rebirth, notably as one of the six realms of existence.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Music has an extraordinary power to captivate our minds and move our souls. It has the ability to transport us to different emotional landscapes, evoke memories, and inspire us to dance.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
Living in a straightjacket is not the most pleasant experience.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Breaking habitual behavior patterns requires self-awareness, courage, and a willingness to challenge our own beliefs and assumptions. It can be a difficult and sometimes painful process, but it is necessary if we want to live fulfilling and meaningful lives.
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- Written by: Steven Washington
Stepping into the unknown and beyond the constraints we have created for ourselves is no small feat, but it is a worthwhile effort.
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- Written by: Hugh and Gayle Prather
As we amble along our chosen path, we encounter many distractions. One of the most insidious is the notion that to pursue a path is sufficient, that pursuit is an end in itself.
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- Written by: Dawn Baumann Brunke
We human beings are such incongruous creatures, saying one thing while thinking or feeling another. We flaunt and celebrate parts of ourselves, hide, repress, and deny others.
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- Written by: Pierre Pradervand
Kindness is one of the most civilized expressions of the human being. The well-known US writer George Saunders says that what he regrets most in life are failures of kindness.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
What we emit into the world is picked up by others and it affects them as well.
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- Written by: Beth Bell
I didn’t truly understand the phrase “never say never” until I started recognizing I was contradicting my so many of my own “nevers.”
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- Written by: Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Each human being may be part of something greater. Common phrases suggesting this reality include ’re all in this together” or “everything is connected.”
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
All significant choices move us toward or away from love. And the most important thing we learn in life is recognizing the choices and actions that bring us closer or farther from love. Each day is full of...
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- Written by: Roxanne Felig and Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before.
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- Written by: Bryony Lau, Undark
In the early 1990s, the renovations manager at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport decided to decorate each bathroom urinal with a realistic image of a fly, placed just above the drain. For decades, urinal designers had sought a way to curb the unpleasant spillage around urinals, and it turned out that by giving men something to aim at — in this case, a humble insect — spillage dramatically reduced.
