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 […]
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 […]
One minute activity that will transform your mornings…and your life
What is the first thing on your mind when you wake up? Is it that you don’t wanna leave a nice cozy warm bed? Is it that you hate your alarm clock? Or that it is a nice sunny day? Perhaps you start listing down the thing you need to do that day straight away? […]
Would you shout at a puppy? A lesson in mindfulness
In meditation, we often focus on working with our attention – perhaps guiding it to our breath or any other object that we choose as the focus of our practice – and also on our attitude of impartial observer, not getting attached in our the thoughts (or anything else) that we are observing and keeping […]
5 books that made me a better person
You know that feeling when you come across a book, and it totally draws you in, full immersion, and creates couple of “aha” moments – but all of these moments being a very gentle natural soft “aha”’s, no shocks or surprises, no feeling like you discovered something crazy new, but more sort of coming back […]
Live more, need less: The link between minimalism and happiness
“Disciplined pursuit of less”, “focusing on what really matters” or “simply owning only stuff we love” is how some of the leaders of the minimalism movement (more about them a bit later :)) describe the idea in the core of minimalism. Today’s topic at first might seem a bit of a surprise – it is […]
7 quick ways to use minimalism as a tool for happiness
Probably you’ve heard of minimalism, a trend of reducing number of possessions with aim to focus on what matters most and create more space for meaningful things. Perhaps you even like the idea, but it seems a bit overly ambitious or strict, or perhaps something that takes too much time and focus? How about taking […]
Bringing mindfulness to the bedroom
Mindfulness is a beautiful thing. It makes us more present, more aware (and often more appreciative) of things around us, gives us more focus, and provides more space in our minds and our lungs. When we put mindfulness in relation to happiness, the key is in bringing it into all the different aspects of our […]
One-minute mindfulness practices when you’re short on time
In our busy modern world full of stimuli and rush, at times it gets so hard to find a moment of silence. And even when we wish to practice mindfulness and silence, it is so hard to find the time (and sometimes focus and discipline) to get immersed into it and to create space for […]