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Psychology of Happiness

3 Must-See YouTube Videos That Will Change Your Life

In my one-on-one coaching, I often recommend different tools to help clients with their unique challenges. Besides must-read books, I also recommend videos, which they can watch for free on

Gamification
Psychology of Happiness

Gamification: Why We Play & When We Should Stop Playing

Today, I want to discuss the problematic nature of gamification. Gamification means making something more interesting, engaging, and interactive by adding a game-like experience to it. Gamification is used in

Don't Be Mean, Be Nice, No Exceptions
Psychology of Happiness

Don’t Be Mean, Be Nice, No Exceptions

Most people have a positive self-image, but that doesn’t mean that they are nice. Often, they can be mean to others for no good reason whatsoever. In these cases, more

learned-helplessness
Psychology of Happiness

What Is Learned Helplessness? Avoid & Overcome It Today

Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person begins to believe that they are powerless to change or improve their situation. This often occurs after repeated failures, or

The last excuse for unhappiness
Psychology of Happiness

The Last Excuse for Unhappiness

Happiness is hard, but not difficult. It is hard because it has many elements. It is not difficult because it has a finite number of elements, meaning that you can

Optimal Happiness, a girl showing her palm
Psychology of Happiness

Most Common Objection to Optimal Happiness

Optimal Happiness offers the ultimate formula for happiness, stating that anyone can reach their happiest potential regardless of who they are, where they are from, and what their life circumstances

Schizophrenia
Psychology of Happiness

Example of How Optimal Happiness Helped Steve

​​People often ask me how Optimal Happiness can help different people to reach their happiest potential and if I have some examples of clients I worked with in the past

Celebrities who committed suicide
Psychology of Happiness

100 Celebrities Who Committed Suicide & Their Stories

One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic—said Stalin. Yet, every year, over 800,000 people commit suicide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)[1]. This is both tragic

Psychoanalysis
Psychology of Happiness

Psychoanalysis of Personal Sense of Well-Being

​​Tonight I had a dream where I witnessed an alien invasion apocalypse. In it, a small group of survivors, including myself, were fighting for their lives, but losing. After waking

Optimal Happiness, starving child in Africa
Psychology of Happiness

Most Common Objection to Optimal Happiness

By far, one of the most common objections to Optimal Happiness states something among these lines: “How will Optimal Happiness help a starving children in Africa? or “How will Optimal

Happiness is boring
Psychology of Happiness

Happiness is Boring, Scientists Report

Happiness is boring, scientists claim, but not for the reason you might suspect. Rather the science studying happiness believe is that happiness is very predictable in terms of its positive