Fleeting moment or state of being?
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America Ferrera, the star of the hit TV series, Ugly Betty, ponders whether happiness is an experience that comes and goes or perhaps is something more lasting.
Looking for Happiness? Stop Trying to Find It
I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness, or ideas about how to be happier
Happiness demystified
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Award-winning comedian, actor, and writer Larry David explains why religious people are happier and reveals two essential elements of happiness.
Imagine That!
Take a moment to think of something you’re really looking forward to: an event, a vacation, a visit.
Larry David
Larry David is a comedian, actor, and writer whose credits include television shows Fridays, Saturday Night Live, and Seinfeld. He recently starred in Whatever Works, a film by Woody Allen, and currently produces, writes, and stars in HBO’s series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry David grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and attended Sheepshead Bay High School. Of his youth, he says, “I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.” Not a surprising quote from a man whose alter ego came to...
America Ferrera
America Ferrera is an actress who currently stars in the television show, Ugly Betty. The role has won her an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award. She has also held lead roles in several films, including The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and Real Women Have Curves.
Awards and Credentials
Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for Ugly Betty, 2007
Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical...
Senia Maymin, MAPP
Senia Maymin is a Ph.D. candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and studies how people can make lasting change and create new habits.
Senia Maymin is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of PositivePsychologyNews.com (PPND), a daily news site of research-based happiness with over 60 authors and in four languages. When people want to learn the latest in cutting-edge research related to happiness, success, and productivity, they go to PositivePsychologyNews.com. Senia Maymin is an executive coach and runs the PPND coaches network: PositivePsychologyNews.com/coaching.
Senia Maymin has...
The $20M key to happiness
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Actor Chevy Chase says that happiness comes and goes, especially if it takes the form of getting $20 million for a picture.
Daniel Gilbert, Ph.D.
Dr. Gilbert is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research on “affective forecasting” examines the mistakes people make when they attempt to predict their hedonic reactions to future events.
He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching, including the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. In 2008 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His 2007 book, Stumbling on Happiness, spent 25 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and has been...
Happiness exercise: How to overcome perfectionism
“When I was a little girl, I did well at things – like sports and math and science and English – and I got little bits of praise, and everybody thought I was smart and great,” my friend explained.