Prompted by Blue Monday, the BBC's special correspondent reflects on his struggle to find balance and joy in life - and a ...

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Professor Bruce Hood, of the University of Bristol, speaks of the human tendency "to blow things out of proportion…[focusing] on our own failings or inadequacies". He runs ten-week courses at Bristol ...

It doesn't work… telling people that they just need to be happy, to manifest different thoughts, I think it would have worked by now." Getty Images 'In my experience, the secret to happiness is ...

Sandeep Maheshwari is a well-known motivational speaker hailing from Delhi, India. He emphasises the importance of ...

For the Founding Fathers, the pursuit of happiness meant the pursuit of long-term virtue, National Constitution Center ...

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In my experience, the secret to happiness is that… there is no secret ... It doesn't work… telling people that they just need to be happy, to manifest different thoughts, I think it would have worked ...

Although genetics is, in fact, a key determinant of happiness, people who gravitate toward pessimism are able to change their outlook (to an extent) by reframing negative thoughts and preventing ...

There are many ways to feel happy or at least to feel better, even when all may seem lost. New research shows that one of the ...