By Kristy Wallace
Focusing on the science of happiness, Nataly Kogan talks about how she came up with the idea for her company, Happier, and why it’s important to practice gratitude and self compassion.
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For most of my life, I clung to the belief that I wasn’t happy because I “just wasn’t wired that way.”
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
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Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
Everybody gets bored now and then. But some people are less likely to experience boredom than others—and it may have something to do with how they treat themselves, say researchers.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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Pleasure can be a boon or a burden, depending on our relationship to it. It can leaven laborious days, or lead us to waste them. The pleasures of a mild stimulant such as caffeine can be harmless or even beneficial, but the pleasures of amphetamines can be deadly.
There are various developmental theories that go into the tool kit that parents and educators utilize to help mold caring and ethically intact people, including those of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg.
Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.
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A discussion of the philosophy of happiness in life can be seen as an examination of the very nature of happiness and what it means for the universe.
Born with a rare neuromuscular condition, the New York–based mother of twins and psychotherapist has dealt with physical limitations her whole life. But what these limitations have resulted in is a rich list of abilities and lessons that she is uniquely suited to pass down to her children.