How to Be Happier During the Pandemic
It might surprise you to know that one of the best ways to be happier in this Covid-19 era is to grieve. That’s because all our emotions flow out of the same metaphorical tap. You can’t shut off the grief…
How Well Does A GDP Approach to Measuring Personal Happiness Work?
One way that people can better understand the limited utility of measuring societal success using only GDP-type results (i.e., money and material wealth) is to ask the same question regarding our personal lives. Does trying to live up to a…
Live Happy Invites All to Join #HappyActs Celebration
Photograph by Brian Coats Help us make the world a happier place. Live Happy is thrilled to announce our fourth annual #HappyActs campaign! During the entire month of March, in honor of the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, we…
An Update on the Inaugural World Happiness Summit
On September 29, 2016, Live Happy published an interview with World Happiness Summit founder Luis Gallardo about the how's and why's of the upcoming event. An excerpt from the interview, by Donna Stokes, follows: "Join the party in Miami…
How Happiness and Sustainability Connect
This essay is by Laura Musikanski, executive director and co-founder of the Happiness Alliance. Her reflection was originally published on April 25, 2016 at that group's blog site and remains timeless. Blog The best way to predict the future is to design…
The Happiness Walk: Meaning and Joy in Florida
Note: this description of joining GNHUSA's Happiness Walk was originally published at HappinessParadigm.com in September 2015. In September 2016, as the Walk heads from New Mexico to Los Angeles, this essay remains very relevant. “Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions…