Tag Archives: relationships
Happiness on the increase
Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 by Julia Barnard.
Maybe the work of positive psychologists is paying off. Because a recent poll by Ipsos Global suggests the world has been getting happier since 2007. People in 24 countries were polled and three quarters of people said they were happy with their lives and one quarter said they were very happy. The five happiest nations [...]
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June: A Whole Month of Happiness and Wellbeing
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by Julia Barnard.
Welcome to June! June is the sixth month of the year and is most likely named after the goddess Juno. As the goddess of marriage, it became popular to marry in June, a trend that continues today, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Relationships and relationship satisfaction therefore will be our first theme this month. What [...]
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March: A Whole Month of Happiness and Wellbeing
Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 by Julia Barnard.
March is the third month of the year and is named after the god Mars. This month marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and the start of autumn in the southern hemisphere. Make sure to note the changes in the season, no matter where you are in the world. March is International [...]
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Other people have the greatest impact on our lives
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Julia Barnard.
Researchers in the US have been investigating what experiences in a person’s life had the greatest impact on them. They conducted four different studies, using 376 participants of different ages. Participants were asked about their most positive and negative experiences. Rather than focusing on individual achievements, it was social events that were found to have [...]
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Happy talk
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Julia Barnard.
If you want to be , consider the content of your conversations. The more meaningful they are, the happier you may feel. Research has continued to reinforce the notion that good social connections and support are important to happiness and wellbeing. Now research suggests that what you talk about with others has an impact on [...]
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Happy marriages and men’s health
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Julia Barnard.
Research conducted at Tel Aviv University in Israel indicates men in marriages had a lower chance of experiencing a stroke compared to those in an unhappy one. This link was found even when accounting for other risk factors such as high blood pressure and smoking. In the 1960s 10,000 men took part in a survey [...]
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Experiencing social flow
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Julia Barnard.
Having a can boost happiness levels. You are actively involved in a task that is challenging (but achievable) and goal-oriented. Afterwards you feel great. New research suggests that you can feel even better afterwards if you carry out your task with other people. A survey and two experiments conducted by Walker of Bonaventure University in [...]
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Relationships the key to a good night’s sleep
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Julia Barnard.
Being in a happy relationship can be all you need to help you well (if you are a woman that is). A University of Pittsburgh study interviewed 1938 women aged between 42 and 53 to determine the link between sleep and marital happiness. Findings showed those women who were in happy relationships had fewer sleep [...]
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Happiness of men and women
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Julia Barnard.
The Nielsen Happiness Study surveyed over 28,000 people across 51 countries and found differences in what makes men and women . Relationships are of primary importance to women – whether it is with their children, or work colleagues. For men however, money was shown to be the thing that brought them happiness. This of course [...]
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Happiness spreads
Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by Julia Barnard.
Having happy people in your life means you yourself will be happier, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Having a happy increases your happiness by 15%. Even a happy friend of a friend increases your happiness by 10%. Whereas, an unhappy friend increased your chances of being unhappy by 7%. Going out [...]
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