Read our posts about Happiness

24Mar

How to Free Yourself from Fear of Failure

Mike Weeks

happiness, men, mindfulness, self, wellbeing, women

Soul

Do you find yourself avoiding trying new things out of a fear of failing? Mike Weeks offers advice on how to be mindful and overcome this fear
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13Jan

​5 Steps to Finding Happiness that Can Only be Found within Your Self

Gerad Kite

happiness, mindfulness, self, tips, wellbeing

Soul

Instead of looking outside for the things that will bring you happiness, Gerad Kite suggests that we have everything we need, if we just look within ourselves.
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02Jul

Why it's OK to be Sad

Lee Crutchley

depression, emotions, happiness, self, society

Mind

Lee Crutchley, author of How to be Happy (Or at least less sad), shares his personal journey through depression, learning that it's OK to be sad.
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16Apr

Why Happiness Matters

Anthony Seldon

happiness, self, society

Soul

The happier we become, the more energy we have, the more committed we feel and the more we engage with others. Headmaster of Wellington College Dr Anthony Seldon shares his 8-step pathway to happiness.
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20Mar

International Happiness Day: Go Out and Play

Elisha Goldstein

anxiety, depression, happiness, society, stress, wellbeing

Soul

Children play. Nobody has to show them how to do it; they're just born knowing.  But as adults, we become so disconnected from it that we forget what it is and how to do it. Psychiatrist Stuart Brown, who founded the nonprofit organisation National Institute of Play in California, says: 'Play is an ancient, voluntary, inherently pleasurable, apparently purposeless activity or process that is undertaken for its own sake, and that strengthens our muscles and social skills, fertilises brain activity, tempers and deepens out emotions, take us out of time, and enables a...
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03Feb

3 Simple Ways to Cultivate Happiness

James Wallman

empathy, happiness, meditation, tips, wellbeing

Soul

Happiness: the 'holy grail' of emotions? Perhaps that's not the case. Here are three simple tips to cultivate happiness in your life everyday.
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21Mar

Compassion: Why Being Gentle to Yourself is the Foundation of Happiness

Julia Bueno

compassion, happiness, kindness, self compassion, selfworth

Therapists

It took me a very long time to work out the difference between being kind to myself and actually being kind to myself. I used to think a long hot bath, a yoga class or a new pair of shoes would suffice to ease a low patch or quieten my noisy inner critic. These gestures may have helped a bit, but they remained just that – actions representing a kindness rather than actions that also felt kind to myself when I did them. I could practise yoga for an hour and still feel bad. I might even feel rubbish at yoga and leave a class feeling even worse. Learning to be truly kind,...
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22Jan

Can TV Make Us Happy?

Jon Madge

happiness, psychology, society, TV

Mind

With the National Television Awards tonight and controversy over television programmes filling the papers again, it might be a good time to look at how the television we watch affects our well-being. Our brains are incredibly susceptible to what we watch, in part because of two bits of biological programming. One is that we’re designed to not waste energy, so sitting down and having information come to us feels easy. The other biological quirk is that new experiences register as stronger than familiar ones, we’re hard-wired to seek out novelty. Television provides us...
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