The happiness industry is booming. Self-help books promise us that the ultimate way of happiness and success can be found in positive thinking and positive relationships. Yoga schools and counsellors offer mindfulness training against stress. But how much do these promises hold? Can we increase our happiness by taking a positive outlook on life? Or should we rather accept ourselves and our everyday challenges as they are? This series will discuss happiness from different point of views.
Positive relationships make all the difference to the quality of our lives - they help us celebrate the good times and support us in the bad - they even help us keep well and li
For many years, happiness researchers reported that children in the Netherlands are among the happiest in the world.
The mindfulness movement seems to be everywhere.
