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The How of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. (book recommendation)

December 26, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I listened to the (unabridged) audiobook entitled The How of Happiness, which was read by the author, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky. She is a professor of […]

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How We Decide – by Jonah Lehrer (book recommendation)

December 24, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks 1 Comment

I listened to this (unabridged) audiobook and thoroughly enjoyed it (the reader did an excellent job). I’d have to put this on the short-list of […]

Filed Under: Book & Media Recommendations, Happiness & Well-Being, Happiness & Well-Being - Book & Media Recs Tagged With: Choice, decisions, Happiness & Well-Being, Resources - Practical Psychology, well-being

Seeing the "Good" in Others

October 30, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Part of me is as cynical as the average person, and another part of me really sees “the good” in others. I have come to […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Relationships Tagged With: compassion, Happiness & Well-Being, Relationships

Feeling Stuck? Try Something New!

October 4, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I’ve always liked that definition that insanity is, “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” When we are feeling chronically down […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Tagged With: Happiness & Well-Being, neurogenisis, well-being

The Best Way to Buy Happiness?

August 25, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

The irony of this strikes me as so hilarious. Want to know what, arguably, might be the best way to buy happiness? Here it is […]

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Another Way Money Can Buy Happiness

August 19, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

In my last post, I discussed how that, overall, money doesn’t buy happiness BUT there are ways that money can be used to “buy” happiness […]

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Buying Happiness – Sort Of

August 13, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

In my last post, I said that it is true that money cannot buy happiness. This is true – for the most part. Material goods […]

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Does Money Buy Happiness?

August 6, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Woven into our capitalist society is the idea that “more is better.” If we have a lot of money, we can buy a lot of […]

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There’s Nothing Good or Bad…

July 20, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

There’s no controversy that William Shakespeare was a genius. His plays contain so many memorable quotes as well as stunning insights into the human condition. […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: Buddhism, CBT, Happiness & Well-Being, judgment, thinking, well-being

Your Worth

June 22, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

How do you know that you have value? That you have worth? There are many ways to look at this, and some ways can help […]

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