The fragile balance of happiness
Brain trap #5: why getting just the right balance between the big picture and the moment is so damn difficult Did it ever happen to you that you are wonderfully present and enjoying the moment – perhaps on a free lazy day — just to realise that by evening you feel kind of empty, even […]
Damn you, Joneses: how comparison steals our happiness
Brain trap #4: how comparison is the best way to diminish your happiness Did you ever have an amazing day – just to get it trashed by seeing a acquaintances overly perky Facebook status?Have you ever loved your new car – until you saw your (much cooler) neighbours new car? Comparison with people who have […]
Why we fail at predicting what will make us happy
Brain trap #3 or why we are notoriously bad at predicting what will make us happy Did you know that we humans are notoriously bad at predicting what will make us happy? And that both positive and negative events in our life have much less impact – less intensity and less duration – on our […]
Why everything is great and you are grumpy anyway
Brain trap #2: hedonic adaptation or how our brain learns to get used to good things a tiny bit too fast Do you ever have a feeling that your brain stops enjoying good things tiny bit too soon? Don’t worry. It’s not just you. It’s our brains again. Hedonic adaptation (hedonic treadmill) – or why […]
How our brain is messing up our happiness….and what we can do about it
Brain trap #1: negativity bias or why our brain looks for bad stuff Our brain is all about survival. It will do anything it can to protect you from danger (even if dangers and the world very much changed since the times our brain developed) – and it will do a marvellous job at that. […]
5 of our favorite webistes about positive psychology
Are you looking for new great places to read about psychology and positive psychology? Here are five of our favourite places, that we can deeply recommend. Greater Good Science Center This portal by Berkley offers a really rich database of great articles – narrowly focused on psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being – with proper […]
Not sure what you want from life? Rocking chair exercise might help
Are you a bit indecisive about what you want from life these days? What do you wish to create, learn, and who with? And perhaps what are your priorities? Or perhaps you have a big life decision ahead of you and you are not sure what is the better option for you? This exercise might […]
Boost your mindfulness with ideas from these quotes
1 – to remind you all aspects of life are beautiful… but none is as precious as present! 2 – to remind you that happiness is sometimes exactly there, in this very moment, we just need to take a moment to notice it 3 – to remind you not to overthink any of it – […]
Connect with your heart in this 5-minute practice
Inspired by Courtney Carver in her book Soulful Simplicity Do you ever feel like, in the everyday rush of things, you don’t even know anymore what you want or what you need? That you are going through the motions of the day, without really finding time and space not to follow what fills you up […]
How to be the master of your own self-development: 4 practical exercises
Whatever we do in life – learn something new, read a good book or article, have an mind-boggling conversation, go through an unusual experience, act on something new – in a way, we are working on our continuous self-development. But how can we bring a little bit more of intentionality in our self-development – first […]