It’s funny, you know…I was thinking the other day about many of the people with whom we work. Notably, although the people we coach and the organisations to whom we provide our services are incredibly varied and in many ways vastly different there is, I think, often a common thread.
Many of the people […]

At The Happiness Institute we sincerely believe that achieving happiness requires nothing more than practicing a few simple disciplines every day.
But most people don’t associate happiness with discipline. And as a result, they frequently don’t experience all the possible benefits because they don’t do what they need to do often enough.
In […]

I recently came across this wonderful quote attributed to the inspirational Helen Keller. I think it speaks for itself but I’d love to hear your thoughts and/or comments if you’d care to post something for others to consider.
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the […]

As part of my role as founder and CHO (Chief Happiness Office) of The Happiness Institute I’m frequently asked to speak to groups, organisations and at conferences. One of the best things about this, particularly the conference speaking component, is that I’m often given opportunity to meet and share the stage with some incredibly […]

Last week I read about three school shootings in the USA, several child related sex offences and, among other things, an horrific case of domestic violence. In light of these and other, frequent, terrible events people often ask me how it’s possible to be happy in the far from perfect world in which we […]