Happiness Practice & Truths, Course & Groups
Some Truths of Happiness People's happiness can be permanently altered. For many, long periods of unhappiness are followed by long periods of happiness. The most important external factor affecting personal happiness is human relationships. Family or other close relationships, then relationships at work and the community. Empathy is in our nature. If a friend suffers an electric shock, it hurts in exactly the same point of the brain as if you yourself suffer an electric shock. Doing good is one of the best ways to feel good. People who care more about others are happier than those who care less about others. When people do good, their brain becomes active in the same reward center as where they experience other rewards. Giving money away tends to make people happier than spending it on themselves. Being paid can detract from the pleasure of giving. More of those who are not paid decide to give blood. 8 sessions of mindfulness meditation training raises happiness 20 percentage points one month later and have better immune response than a control group. Training can lead to structural brain changes in the hippocampus, important for learning and memory, as well as in structures involved in self-awareness, compassion and introspection. Tests showed individuals with a positive outlook were less likely to get flu when exposed to the virus. Our happiness influences people we know and the people they know. The happiness of a close contact increases the chance of being happy by 15%. Happiness of those less close ( 2nd-degree, e.g. friend's spouse) increases it by 10% – or-- happiness of a 3rd-degree contact (e.g. friend of a friend of a friend) increases happiness by 6%. Psychology and neuroscience show that the “success” formula is backward: happiness fuels success, not the other way around. With positive attitudes, our brains are more motivated, productive, energetic, creative, resilient, and engaged. 
Positive feelings also affect our long term well-being. Research shows that experiencing positive emotions* leads to a tipping point of greater natural resilience to hardship and heightened ability for achievement. The upbeat outlook is more strongly linked to increased longevity than the link between obesity to reduced longevity. ( in a 3-to-1 ratio to negative emotions). Happiness follows a U shape across our life cycles, we’re happier when young and old, less happy in middle age. Trust is a major determinant of happiness in a society. People who say "Most people can be trusted" is only 30 per cent of people --U.K. and U.S.-- compared to 60 per cent some 40 years ago. Scandinavian countries are still over 60 per cent and they are the happiest countries. The most important internal factor is mental health. For 34 year olds, mental health level at age 26 contributes 4 X more to their present happiness level than income. New psychological therapies like cognitive behavioural therapy can transform lives. Within 4 months a half of those with depression or lifelong anxiety return to normality. Economic stability has a large effect on happiness in society, yet long-term economic growth has little. Unemployment lowers happiness as much as bereavement, loss of a spouse. Notes below |
Happy Course and Support Group
What Matters-- For A Happy Life -- Read more here.
Meet with others-- Share and grow your happiness.
Explore what really matters to you & others; learn new ways of looking at things & getting happier.
Learn from scientific studies & expert experience.
Take small actions weekly –
We take time in group to reflect on how to create happiness for ourselves and those around us.
Group Format -- Groups meet for 60- 90 minutes. Each meeting uses the same or similar format every time, made to be inspiring and interactive, including:
Our Topics include:
OUR SELVES, SERENITY, HEALTH, RELATING WITH OTHERS, WORLD COMMUNITY
Each topic focus is for 1- 3 weeks as directed by group needs, desires and time available.
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What Matters-- For A Happy Life -- Read more here.
Meet with others-- Share and grow your happiness.
Explore what really matters to you & others; learn new ways of looking at things & getting happier.
Learn from scientific studies & expert experience.
Take small actions weekly –
We take time in group to reflect on how to create happiness for ourselves and those around us.
Group Format -- Groups meet for 60- 90 minutes. Each meeting uses the same or similar format every time, made to be inspiring and interactive, including:
- Tuning in: simple activities that are great for wellbeing (e.g. mindfulness exercise)
- Expert views- Science of happiness videos, resources, exercises, mindfulness, helpful, meaningful conversations, kindly listeners and more.
- Personal views, reflections, personal experience
- Do you know: fun, often surprising research findings relating to the theme
- Group discussion: sharing ideas in groups and listening to differing perspectives
- Action ideas: everybody comes away with an action they hope to take as a result
- Mini- Meditations, “One- Moment” style
Our Topics include:
OUR SELVES, SERENITY, HEALTH, RELATING WITH OTHERS, WORLD COMMUNITY
Each topic focus is for 1- 3 weeks as directed by group needs, desires and time available.
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Resources:
"How to Meditate in a Moment" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6eFFCi12v8
For Happiness & Change
Get our Free Happy Guide here
Meditation & Serenity App: Buddhify
Mobile meditation app for iPhone and Android
Do something different Site
- Switch off the auto-pilot
- Be more awake
- More in the moment
- Bring more variety and purpose into your life
- Have the confidence to take on new challenges
- Do more, Be more https://dsd.me/
Action for Happiness/why-happiness & Guide Happy guidebook.pdf
Notes: Subjective levels of happiness are well correlated with objective measures of brain activity as well as well with friends' reports and obvious causes (like unemployment) and subsequent behavior (like quitting a job or a marriage)
Current changes: The proportion of U.S. students who think that it is essential or very important to develop a meaningful philosophy of life has fallen from 65% in the 1960s to 45% today. Teen Mental health – emotional or behavioral problems-- is twice as high as in the 1970s.
Sources For U.S., Gallup Poll and General Social Survey. For U.K., Gallup and Eurobarometer R. Layard, Happiness, 2011, (second ed.) p32 R. Layard, Happiness, 2011, (second ed.) p64, 68-9, 80-82 R. Layard, Happiness, 2011, (second ed.) p64 B. Headey et al,PNAS Early edition1008612107, 2010 R. Layard, Happiness, 2011, (second ed.) p63 UK National Child Development Study R. Davidson, American Psychologist, 5:1196-1214, 2003 S. Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 2007; J. Rilling et al, Neuron, 35:395-405, 2002 T. Singer et al, Science, 303:1157-61, 2004 C. Mellstron and M. Johanneson, J. of European Economic Association, 6:845-63, 2008 E. Dunn et al, Science, 319:1687-8, 2008 R. Easterlin and E. Crimmins, Public Opinion Quarterly, 5514:499-533, 1991 and updates R. Layard and J. Dunn, A Good Childhood, 2008, p2-3 R. Layard et al, National Institute Economic Review, 202:90-98, 2007 R. Davidson et al, Psychosomatic Medicine, 65:564-70, 2003. BK Hölzel et al, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaing, 191(1):36-43, 2011 M. Seligman, Flourish, 2011, Ch 9. J.H. Fowler and N.A. Christakis,BMJ,337:a2338, December 2008 S. Lyubomirsky et al, Psychological Bulletin,131:803-855, 2005 B.L. Fredrickson, Positivity: Groundbreaking research reveals how to embrace the hidden strength of positive emotions, overcome negativity, and thrive, 2009. E. Diener and M. Chan,Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 3(1):1-43, March 2011 A. Oswald and D. Blanchflower, Social Science & Medicine, 66(6):1733-1749, 2008
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