Happiness

Tips your Parents or Grandparents may not have given you (but should have!) from a 90 year old Veteran, Businessman, Husband, Father %26amp; Grandfather The ills our society faces are apparent; in the United States domestic violence is a growth industry. Teen pregnancy stands at 53 to every 1000. Financial distress and foreclosure are everyday [...]

Nine out of ten British people are happy, and almost seven in 10 expect more good than bad experiences in the next five to 10 years, according to the first study of the public’s perceptions of health inequalities published today. But, despite a great deal of optimism, the survey shows that people are acutely aware [...]

Harvard scientists, in conjunction with researchers from the Department of Political Science California have teamed up to let us know that happiness is infectious, much like a disease. The object of the study was to find out if happiness spreads, and whether or not your friends can pass on happiness to their friends. In order [...]

Does economic news have you anxious and stressed? In 2009, focusing on the positive may be more important than ever, says life strategist Valorie Burton, author of How Did I Get So Busy? The 28-Day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule and Reconnect with What Matters Most (Broadway). Research confirms that if you [...]

Happiness is found to depend not only upon lifestyle, but also genetic background. Edinburgh University scientists conducted a research to estimate how genes affect happiness. They studies 900 pairs of identical and fraternal twins. Identical twins are genetically the same, fraternal twins are not. Twins were chosen with the following types of character: people who [...]