6 great books to start your Positive Psychology journey
Still haven’t decided which book to pick for this year’s summer holidays? Here is a list of some of the intro Positive Psychology books that we can highly recommend! This…
7 traps on the way to happiness
The path of a happy life is full of traps. Now and then, some of these traps mess up our happiness a bit – and often we don’t even know…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Please don’t pursue happiness, try this instead!
A lot of talking these days about “pursuit of happiness”. (I confess, we are also guilty of sometimes saying that :D) Let’s have a peak into the meaning of the…