This Is How To Never Be Bored Again: 4 Secrets From Research

Who really knows about staying calm under pressure? Bomb disposal experts. Here's what you can learn from them about handling any challenge.

How do we keep love alive? How do we make it positively thrive? In my new book I dive into the research. Here's what you need to know...

«Doing things together that are stimulating and challenging stretches our self-concept wider and provides a buzz.»

Your happiness level is pretty static -- but we can change that with gratitude. Here's the best way to get started...

«Watch Your Language!: Your Inner Critic does not get the last word. Change how you talk to yourself and you’ll change how you feel.»

We all have reflexive bad habits in relationships. They're due to what psychologists call "schema." Here's how we can fix them...

«As Russ Harris says: you’re not the weather, you’re the sky. The feelings will pass and you will remain. You can outlast them. You’ve done it countless times before in the past. The feelings will dissipate and you’ll be fine again — as long as you don’t engage in those bad behaviors and make things worse.»

We all want to quit bad habits. But we're going about it all wrong. In fact, bad habits don't exist. Let's look at the research and see what really works.

«When you say, “I wasn’t myself” that’s far more accurate than you ever thought.»

From career choices to new purchases, use René Girard’s mimetic theory to resist the herd and forge your own path in life

«These are people whose desires are in some sense intertwined with your own – they can affect your desires, and you can in turn affect theirs»

Today is my birthday. I turn 70. I've learned a few things so far that might be helpful to others. For the past few years, I've jotted down bits of unsolicited advice each year and much to my surprise I

Why great things never came from comfort zones? Because the world is always changing. We need to face uncertainty to move forward.

«But what you’ll find out eventually. If, of course, you decide to stick with these scary routines. Is that life feels much more meaningful.»

Modern conditions have overwhelmed our brain's attention system, but research shows 12 minutes of mindfulness training a day can help.

«Similarly, a negative mood can signal that something is wrong. That unease can propel you to solve the problem and lift the emotional pall.»

“When I achieve this goal, then I will be happy.” We often mistakenly believe that achieving our goals will make us happy. That tendency is called the arrival fallacy.

«Although completing a goal may lead to the arrival fallacy, Dr Tal Ben-Shahar maintains that having objectives is essential to personal growth.»