Chris Guillebeau is the author of The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life (2014) and he recently stopped by Google to talk about his new book. Here is the publisher’s ad copy for the book: A remarkable book that will both guide and inspire, The Happiness of Pursuit … Read more
This is a meta-study looking at a large collection of previous on the impact of nature on well-being. The upshot, as the title might suggest, is that there is a connection between nature and happiness. The more we can include nature in our lives, the more likely we are to feel vital, have positive affect, … Read more
From Bookform‘s Omnivore blog, here is a collection of links on the topic of happiness, a meaningful life, happiness in economics and government policy. Advice for a happy life Sep 10 2014 9:00AM From the Journal of Social Research and Policy, a special issue on Between Wealth and Well-Being: Consumption, psychology and quality of life. … Read more
The quest for happiness has become a nearly archetypal feature of Western culture, not to mention a nation such as Bhutan, where happiness is a department in the government’s social policy planning (Gross National Happiness Commission). New cross-cultural research published in the Journal of Happiness Studies suggests that humans actually have an aversion to happiness. … Read more