World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson has a simple ‘litmus test’ of 20 questions to help measure your positivity ratio.She is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and principal investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory (a.k.a. PEP Lab) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From Dr. Fredrickson’s extensive research, she discovered […]

Created by Nic Marks, founder of the Centre for Well-being, the ‘Happy Planet Index’ (HPI), measures what matters: the extent to which countries deliver long, happy, sustainable lives for the people that live in them. The Index uses global data on life expectancy, experienced well-being and Ecological Footprint to calculate this. The index is an […]

“What is Mindfulness?” is an introductory video presented by Tara Healey, the architect of Harvard Pilgrim’s “Mind the Moment“ program. In general, this is an innovative program adapting the principles of mindfulness meditation to a corporate environment. The website also provides some free resources & downloads for mindfulness & meditation. “What is Mindfulness?” is part […]

One of the easiest & quickest ways to make yourself feel better is to…  SMILE. It’s portable, free and always accessible. Not to mention, it’s highly contagious… Take a few moments here & now to watch this wonderfully illuminating TEDtalks video as Ron Gutman, founder of HealthTap, reviews a number of studies about smiling, and […]

The lyrics of this song by Baz Luhrmann are timeless & inspirational. Real & relevant. Take a few moments here & now to simply listen, and to view this insightful animation set to typography… To welcome in the summer… to reflect… to remember… to value the simple yet wondrous matters in life that can truly […]

Chip Conley was a very successful executive in Silicon Valley who appeared to have it all. However, things radically shifted for him with the 2008 downturn in the economy, losing a number of close friends & colleagues to suicide, along with his own medical emergency. These life changing events got his attention in a big […]

We should all be more mindfully active in paying closer attention to what we eat… and to how we eat. We need to better educate our children about their food, their eating habits, as well as their relationship to what they eat. There is no better time than the present. About 1/3 of all Americans […]

The ‘hand’ is back… with Daniel Siegel, MD, a Clinical Professor of psychiatry at UCLA, Co-Director of Mindful Awareness Research Center, Executive Director of Mindsight Institute, author, and recipient of numerous awards and honorary fellowships. This TEDx talk examines how relationships and reflection support the development of resilience in children and serve as the basic […]

This wonderfully insightful TEDx video illustrates how prisoners transformed their culture of violence and despair to one of inner peace and redemption. Cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, writer, and psychotherapist, Jenny Phillips, describes how the tranquility of ancient Buddhist meditation at a maximum-security (Donaldson) correctional facility in Alabama helps prisoners emerge from a rigorous Vipassana program with […]

This satirical little video was released to help raise awareness of a very serious problem. While this campaign focuses on the plastic bag pollution in California, the disposable plastic grocery bag is a growing problem throughout the world. Narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons, this “mockumentary” video, hammers home the stark reality of California’s plastic […]