The Happiness Blog

I saw this graffiti image of a heart yesterday. It made me think about the fact that in Ancient Egypt the heart represented truth rather than love.  When you died they believed your heart would be weighed, and if it was light as a feather you would go through to a...

There are few things more important to me than fun.  I've just spent a weekend in LA with a wonderful group of friends, putting work and worries aside while we just enjoyed ourselves. America is a great place to have fun - people arrive with smiles on their faces and...

I just had an amazing experience running a workshop for young adults with learning disabilities.  I was slightly nervous about doing it.  So much of my energy has gone into explaining the intellectual side of happiness – what the research is saying, what scientists...

My cousin recently commented to me that the key to childrearing was to accept that you were never going to get enough sleep and always be tired.  The longer you tried to fight that acceptance, the more miserable you became.  I think this can be said about so many...