A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real.
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Finland was recently ranked, for the fifth year in a row, as the world’s happiest country. Trust in others in society plays a large role in what makes people there – and elsewhere – happy.
This important benefit does more than just help parents in terms of dollars and cents.
Fixing the climate crisis can be a source of pleasure and not just pain.
Plus, the social pressure some people feel to be happy in the world’s happiest countries. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
People are obsessed with finding happiness. But what if
They say to improve your mood you should fake a smile and roll with the crowd. But research suggests the more pressure you feel to be happy, the worse you’ll end up feeling.
Age is no longer the only definition of midlife. An expert in aging explains why.
Could bringing back words with positive meanings make us happier?
Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
Research shows that people with more flow in their lives had a higher sense of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists are beginning to explore what happens in the brain during flow.
As the year ends, New Zealand has done well in important global measures of success. But closer to home, the numbers often told a different story.
Some people might struggle a little harder to enhance their wellbeing than others.
On World Kindness Day, a scholar of Buddhist studies explains its idea of compassion and the diverse ways to think about and express kindness.
The change point at which the happiness of most Australians no longer strongly depends on income has almost doubled from A$43,000 to A$74,000.
There is more than one way to pursue happiness and to cope with the inevitable low times in life.
Would £184 million make you any happier?
People inevitably became less contented during the pandemic, but it’s part of a longer trend.
Tipping the scales away from work may not be the wisest way to recalibrate your work-life balance.
Ignoring negative emotions by trying to be positive all the time — called toxic positivity — can have consequences for mental health. Experiencing negative emotions is inevitable and essential.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling
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Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King's College London
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Mental health researcher, University of Cambridge
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Research Psychologist, Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
