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Why Happy People Are Happy: Forgiveness, Intimacy, Non-Materialism
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HH
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Date: October 03, 2012 09:41PM Finally, psychology gets something right.
[usatoday30.usatoday.com] Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2012 09:42PM by HH. Re: Why Happy People Are Happy: Forgiveness, Intimacy, Non-Materialism
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KidRaw
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Date: October 03, 2012 11:17PM Again, if you scroll down the article they site the same people who made the video about Materialism -
'More fun, less stuff' There's also evidence that altruistic acts boost happiness in the giver. That doesn't surprise Betsy Taylor, president of the Center for a New American Dream, a Takoma Park, Md., non-profit that favors simple living and opposes commercialism. "The altruism part is worth keeping in mind over the holidays," Taylor says. "Our mantra is 'more fun, less stuff.' Do for others, we say." (Materialism and altruism are not mutually exclusive) I agree with this part of the article - "Life satisfaction occurs most often when people are engaged in absorbing activities that cause them to forget themselves, lose track of time and stop worrying. "Flow" is the term Claremont Graduate University psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced cheeks-sent-mee-hi) coined to describe this phenomenon. People in flow may be sewing up a storm, doing brain surgery, playing a musical instrument or working a hard puzzle with their child. The impact is the same: A life of many activities in flow is likely to be a life of great satisfaction, Csikszentmihalyi says." Life is a flow. But I would like to see all these 'studies' and 'research' that these people are telling us about. Namely the one that says people who are not materialistic (is there such a person or only persons who say they are or want to be), are happier. Re: Why Happy People Are Happy: Forgiveness, Intimacy, Non-Materialism
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michelemm
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Date: October 17, 2012 11:04PM I just finished learning about hope theory in psychology class today.
Great information. ty Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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