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: Cara Bradley
How you experience this moment is very much like looking through a camera lens. You can look at the world in panorama or zoom in for a close-up. The lens can be focused, showing sharp lines, or unfocused, so that shapes are foggy and blurry.
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- Written by: James Devitt, New York University
Emotional experiences can induce physiological and internal brain states that persist for long periods of time—an emotional “hangover.”
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- Written by: Blake Bauer
The butterfly begins its journey as a caterpillar, and it may or may not be aware of what it is destined to become. But the caterpillar lives on, faithfully following the inner prompts arising within its being. It feels its way through life, naturally following the inner direction with which it was born.
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- Written by: A&M University
When you have a strong emotional reaction to something—a song, a speech, a beautiful scene—and get goose bumps, experts say it’s simply a biological reaction to adrenaline.
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- Written by: Lance Secretan
When we are authentic, we are living from our essential self; whenever we deny a truth, we are living from the social self—in other words, inauthentically. As Freya Madeline Starke phrased it, "There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do."
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- Written by: Yasmin Anwar, University of California, Berkeley
Is a wandering mind an unhappy mind? A new review of studies on spontaneous versus controlled thinking challenges that adage.
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- Written by: George Vlahakis, Indiana University
A lack of flexibility in high-stress jobs may literally be a matter of life and death, experts warn.
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- Written by: Barbara Sahakian, University of Cambridge
A recent explosion of neuroscience techniques is driving substantial advances in our understanding of the brain. Combined with developments in engineering, machine learning and computing this flowering has helped us enhance our cognitive abilities and potential.
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- Written by: F. Chris Curran, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The annual back-to-school season is filled with high hopes for making new friends, meeting new teachers – and, from the view of many policymakers – promoting gains in science achievement.
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- Written by: Rachel Morrison, Auckland University of Technology
If we all work side by side in an open-plan office or “hot desk”, moving from place to place, it’s sure to increase collaboration! It turns out that may be wrong. If you don’t have your own space, perhaps you are better off working remotely with your cat for company.
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- Written by: Nathan Hurst, University of Missouri
The level of language skills young children possess early in life can predict their likelihood of experiencing depression later, a new study suggests.
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
Navigating through life's challenges often requires support, yet many struggle with asking for help due to pride or fear of appearing helpless. This article recounts a personal sailing adventure that highlights the significance of reaching out for assistance, whether from people or divine sources, and the joy that can come from accepting help.
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- Written by: Kevin Fryling, Indiana University
If you’re a “morning person,” you’re more likely to undermine your performance on a stressful task early in the day, research suggests. The same goes for “night owls” and performance in the evening.
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- Written by: Nancy Bolling
Fortunately, over the years, I’ve picked up some strategies to not only cope with the overwhelm, but to get back into alignment with my best self. Here are my top 7 strategies.
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- Written by: Rachael Sharman, University of the Sunshine Coast
In the middle of his bar routine – having flung himself into the air with style and skill – Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland missed the bar at the last grasp and face-planted into the mat.
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- Written by: Clifton B. Parke, Stanford University
We’re more likely to take on unpleasant but necessary tasks—taxes, bills, and housework—when in a good mood, new research shows.
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- Written by: Brianna Yamasaki, University of Washington
As a young adult in college, I decided to learn Japanese. My father’s family is from Japan, and I wanted to travel there someday. However, many of my classmates and I found it difficult to learn a language in adulthood. We struggled...
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- Written by: Pam Ramsden, University of Bradford
It may seem that wise, strong people typically have gone through a few hard times in their lives. By comparison, those who have led a very sheltered and privileged life often appear to crack more easily under pressure
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- Written by: Daphne Martschenko, University of Cambridge
Researchers at King’s College London say they are able to predict educational achievement from DNA alone. Using a new type of analysis called a “genome-wide polygenic score”, or GPS, they analysed DNA samples from 3,497 people in the ongoing Twins Early Development Study.
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- Written by: Christina Tworek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Binewskis are no ordinary family. Arty has flippers instead of limbs; Iphy and Elly are Siamese twins; Chick has telekinetic powers. These traveling circus performers see their differences as talents, but others consider them freaks with “no values or morals.”
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- Written by: Courtney A. Walsh
What the most confident-seeming people have is not brazen ballsiness, impressive bravery, courage or any of that elusive stuff really...it’s PASSION. It’s enthusiasm. It’s WILLINGNESS. It’s RESILIENCE and FLEXIBILITY.
