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Can We Have a Happier Economy?
Over the last 5 years credit cards have gone from swipe – to chip ...
The Future of Happiness: The intersection of happiness with culture and economics.
I study and teach about happiness. On this page you'll find three of my favorite ...
10 Lessons from majoring in Happiness and living as a Zen monk…
In 2021 I majored in Happiness and lived as a Zen monk. Here’s what I ...
Why do we work so much? Happiness and Work-Life
I just listened to an incredible podcast. Let me tell you about it (you'll find ...
Top 7 Happiness TED Talks with 1-minute Summaries
This article reviews the top seven most viewed TED Talks on happiness. The talks are ...
7 Famous Happiness Quotes that Aren’t True
In this article we’ll review seven common happiness quotes that aren’t as true as they ...
Lessons from a Spider on Overcoming Fear
I spent the last week on “vacation” in Ecuador. And by vacation I mean semi-frantically ...
Encounters with Death: Field Notes
As my time as a college student ends, I've taken some time to reflect on ...
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Local Events
This page contains up to date information on local events in Western PA. Calming ...
Running with Bulls, Marrying a Stranger & Saving a Life: Happiness Lessons from 72 “Bucket List” Experiences
What made you happier – crashing the red carpet or living on a desert island? ...
How to Stick to Meditation 2-Pager Guide
How to Stick to Meditation 2-Pager
Refresh – Renew – Reconnect: A Nature-based Mindfulness Retreat
"Our relationship with nature is more one of being than having. We are nature: we ...
Keynote Topics
Keynotes include: The Habits of Happiness -- My signature training based on my happiness habits ...
Rewired Challenge: Guide & Info
Summary This is the one month version of the happiness habits course I taught at ...
A Top Tech Company and an Entire Country Are Pushing the 4 Day Workweek: Now is the Time for the 5 Day Workweek Go Extinct
It was crunch time. The team at Blackbird was in the final phase of development. ...
Rewired: Happiness Habits Challenge
Your Habits Are Your Happiness. If you'd like to apply happiness research and positive ...
Happiness and Wellbeing: Trainings, Programs, and Interventions
This page is meant to serve as a reference for contemporary interventions and contemplative practice ...
Live like a Zen monk without giving up your life…
Join me for my Zen Center journey Come along to learn how meditation and ...
Alley Greer Hoang Lazer Happiness Studies Scholarship
This $1,00 scholarship is to be awarded to one University of Alabama student per year ...
Happiness Habits Project Guide
Three years ago I created the world's first ever Happiness Studies major. This year I ...
Money, Happiness, and the “Focusing Illusion”
We have a burning desire for higher income because we over-predict its impact on our ...
“Stress Relief Gummies” Self Experiment
From time to time I'll share results from happiness experiments I run on myself. Here ...
Top 8 Happiness Books with 30-Second Summaries
I chose the eight books below based on a Google search analysis of the ...