In recent years, it appears that the western world has become increasingly obsessed with happiness – becoming happy, becoming happier, remaining happy, the how and the why of it all. Happiness-related headlines and images scream off the covers of glossy magazines, hardly a month goes by without at least one national newspaper running a happiness-related…
DetailsChristopher Peterson’s 2006 book A Primer in Positive Psychology proved to be my own gateway into the science of well-being and related matters. Weighing in at under 400 pages and written in a largely accessible style, it may represent a good starting point for any ‘layman’ interested in dipping their toes into this topic. With…
DetailsAs noted last week, psychological research suggests that life circumstances tend not to impact upon our happiness levels as much as we might assume. That’s not to say that these circumstances make no impact on happiness, more that perhaps the time and effort that we put into looking to change them may not be matched…
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