Happiness Definition | What Is Happiness - Greater Good
2024年11月1日 · In her 2007 book The How of Happiness, positive psychology researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky elaborates, describing happiness as “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.”. However, it’s important to note that social and cultural factors also ...
What the Longest Happiness Study Reveals About… - Greater Good
2023年2月6日 · But now they’ve been put together into a book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. Written by the study’s current director and associate director, Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, the book not only reveals what factors lead to a “good life,” but also why it’s never too late to nudge our ...
Happiness | Greater Good
2024年11月1日 · By Science of Happiness Podcast | October 3, 2024. Dr. David Spiegel guides you through cyclic sighing, a breathwork practice that helps reduce stress and anxiety. The search for happiness can make you unhappy—but there is a research-tested solution. Research suggests that people nearing death talk about their experience as more positive than ...
Six Ways Happiness Is Good for Your Health - Greater Good
2015年7月28日 · 1. Happiness protects your heart. Love and happiness may not actually originate in the heart, but they are good for it. For example, a 2005 paper found that happiness predicts lower heart rate and blood pressure. In the study, participants rated their happiness over 30 times in one day and then again three years later.
A Better Way to Pursue Happiness - Greater Good
2015年7月13日 · As research has revealed, the mere act of monitoring one’s happiness from one second to the next may get in the way of positive emotions. By contrast, we thought a more effective strategy would be “situation selection,” which involves approaching (or avoiding) situations that naturally trigger certain emotions.
How to Stop Overthinking Your Happiness - Greater Good
2024年9月4日 · Our cultures, systems, and societies play a key role in individual happiness. First, they directly create happiness. For example, giving people money, supporting social connection, and combating inequality and injustice are some of the best ways to make people happier. Second, they shape how people approach happiness.
Four Ways Happiness Can Hurt You - Greater Good
2012年5月3日 · First, it is important to experience happiness in the right amount. Too little happiness is just as problematic as too much. Second, happiness has a time and a place, and one must be mindful about the context or situation in which one experiences happiness. Third, it is important to strike an emotional balance.
How Much of Your Happiness Is Under Your Control? - Greater Good
2020年2月18日 · If you’ve read a book or listened to a talk about happiness in the past 15 years, there’s a good chance you heard that 50 percent of our happiness is determined by our genes, 40 percent by our activities, and 10 percent by our life circumstances. Neat and tidy, the pie chart—originally proposed in a 2005 paper by researchers Sonja ...
How Does Your Personality Affect Your Happiness? - Greater Good
2024年8月5日 · Sure, having certain personality traits may make you feel less satisfied with life no matter what happens. But, on the flipside, other traits may buffer you through difficult times. For example, if you are low in neuroticism, you may be able to see the silver linings and not become overwhelmed, even in stressful circumstances.
Happiness for a Lifetime - Greater Good
2010年7月15日 · If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a month, get married. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody else. Notice the wisdom of this proverb. The first two things are just momentary pleasures ...