Nature, beauty, gratitude
Nature’s beauty can be fleeting — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation...
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Why we’re unhappy: the expectation gap
Why are we getting richer, but not getting happier? How can we be more prosperous and yet also more depressed? In this TED talk, Nat Ware explains how ever-soaring expectations...
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Being grateful for the good things
In January 2011, Action for Happiness partnered with the BBC to run a week-long "Happiness Challenge". In this episode, the volunteers take time out to thank people they feel really...
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Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in real time. Among the...
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