Searching for happiness: What makes life meaningful?

Recently I’ve been contemplating giving up on the modern world and moving to a cabin in the woods. I mean – what is with all of this techno...

5 Ways Gratitude Can Backfire

Gratitude is good. Good for your health and well-being. Good for your relationships. In fact, I've written about the benefits of gratitu...

How to End a Bad Relationship for Good

Sometimes we find ourselves in relationships that make us miserable more than they make us happy, relationships that we know in our hearts a...

Do it for Future You

Source It's only a month and a half into the New Year, and most of us have already abandoned our New Year's resolutions. We h...

4 Ways to Boost Gratitude on Valentine's Day

Today's post is the second in a two-part series on Gratitude. Yesterday I discussed research I've done on how gratitude helps us ho...

To Have and To Thank: Gratitude Helps us Hold onto our Relationships

I n honor of St. Valentine, today's post is the first in a two-part series on why gratitude may be a key ingredient in successful relati...

Sour in the Sun? 3 Unexpected Ways the Weather May Affect Your Mood

Warm Weather = Happy Amie Last weekend I returned from the tropics to find myself outside the San Francisco airport basically barefoot in su...

Seasonal affective disorder: An extreme case of the winter blues

source Though the shortest day of the winter is behind us, in many areas of the United States, the days continue to be painfully s...

PYM: Holiday Edition

Looking for your perfect holiday? The holidays are upon us, which can mean family, fun, food, and cheer. But also, stress, anxiety, conflict...

The secret to flourishing? Science says it's in the numbers

Flourishing is in the numbers When it comes to human flourishing, science is getting pretty specific. Over the course of our daily lives, we...

Can Mindfulness Make You Happier?

Today's guest post comes from Sarah Roberts, Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at  the University of Quebec in Montreal and blogger a...

Writing your way to better health

source Try to recall the last time you were angry, depressed, or anxious. What did you want to do with those feelings? There is a ...

The "Cohabitation Effect": The Consequences of Premarital Cohabitation

Source According to the U.S Census, nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. With such a high rate of divorce, a bit of skepticism and c...

How to make time stand still

It often feels like there just aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish all the things we want to accomplish, let alone find a momen...

Wedding Bell Blues: Dealing with Post-Wedding Depression

First comes marriage. Then what? You’ve been planning your wedding for months, possibly even years. The big day came, it was magical, and no...

After the Sacrifice: Doing it for the Right Reasons

This is the third in a three-part post on sacrifice in relationships. In   Part I , I talked about the pros and cons of sacrificing for the ...

The Pros and Cons of Sacrificing for the Ones We Love

This is the first in a three-part post on sacrifice in relationships. Today, in Part I, I talk about the pros and cons of sacrificing for th...

When Good is Bad and Bad is Good: Beyond "Positive" Psychology

What is the prescription for optimal living? The burgeoning field of positive psychology appears to have many of the answers: We should be ...

Five Classic Psychological Catch-22s

Source Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's classic novel,  Catch-22 , wants to be excused from air combat. To be excused, he n...

Pets with benefits: Social support from other species

 The millions of Americans who own pets spend billions of dollars on them annually, shower them in love, and – anecdotally – talk and post a...