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Geld maakt echt niet gelukkig
GezondheidsNet: Onderzoekers van universiteiten van Yale, Denver en Jeruzalem vergeleken meerdere onderzoeken naar geluk en concludeerden dat geluk niet gezien moet worden als een universeel goed ‘iets’. In hun artikel in het tijdschrift Perspectives on
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Pursuing happiness can make you feel worse
Times of India: They say that happiness shouldn’t be thought of as a universally good thing, and outline four ways in which this is the case. Indeed, not all types and degrees of happiness are
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My broken leg healed in half the time… all because I meditated
Daily Mail: Meditation is often touted as a panacea for all manner of ailments, from chronic pain to anxiety, stress and even depression. Like most sensible people, I’d always taken such sweeping claims with a
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Mind Reading: Positive Psychologist Martin Seligman on the Good Life
TIME: These days Martin Seligman, author of the best-selling book Authentic Happiness, is perhaps best known as a father of positive of psychology — the study of people’s strengths and virtues, rather than on pathological behavior.
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Happiness Has a Dark Side
It seems like everyone wants to be happier and the pursuit of happiness is one of the foundations of American life. But even happiness can have a dark side, according to the authors of a
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How to Fat Into American Life
Baseball and democracy – two things we’re proud to call American. Unfortunately, to immigrants, eating junk food is also associated with being a typical American. A study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science