How to be happy is one of the most Googled questions, but what is the key to being happy, which chemicals make us happy and ...

While positive thinking can help you overcome obstacles, deal with hardship and reach new goals, thinking positively is much easier said than done. We spoke to the experts about how to create ...

American positive psychologist Stephanie Harrison sees this as an outdated vision of happiness. She wrote New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That’s Got It Wrong to challenge the way ...

The term "toxic positivity" has popped up in recent celebrity drama. Experts explain what it means, why it happens, and how ...

Positive self-talk is associated with benefits such as better physical health and greater life satisfaction. You can incorporate positive self-talk by learning to identify negative self-talk and ...

Our thoughts determine our emotions and behaviors. Learning to break negative thoughts and cultivate positive ones can ...

However, the idea of finding meaning even in the worst situations can be helpful, especially when it can be hard to stay positive. In their book Prisoners of Our Thoughts, authors Alex Pattakos ...

And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology—positive psychology—has been dedicated to pinning it down. More than simply positive mood, happiness is a state of well-being that encompasses ...

Unlike traditional psychology that focuses more on the causes and symptoms of mental illnesses and emotional disturbances, positive psychology emphasizes traits, thought patterns, behaviors ...