The Dating Optimist

Need a dose of love and life positivity? Check out The Dating Optimist, created by Meeting Your Half-Orange author Amy Spencer. Here, Amy shares her “Optimisms” culled from current events, pop culture, inspiring people, books, films, the arts — and even, dare she say it, reality TV.

Your Happiness And Success Is All About Perspective

Are you convinced yet about the power of our point of view? This TED talk by Ogilvy ad man Rory Sutherland takes the entire concept behind my happiness book Bright Side Up and relates it to marketing and business. As it turns out, Rorry and I both ag… continued

Try This Happiness Trick: Add To Your Applause Meter

You know those applause meters they use at big basketball games or during live TV show tapings—the ones that show how loud the crowd applause is reaching? I was I-don’t-want-to-say-how-old when I realized that those aren’t “measuring” anything but ho… continued

Which Is Better: One Big Luxury or Lots of Little Ones?

You know I love sharing things that can make us feel happier in our every day lives. And this month, I’m teaming up with Bloomspot so you can get happy in a dose of double goodness: through my happiness tips and their treats! Do you know about Blooms… continued

Try This! Do the Life Cha-Cha

I decided to clean out my closet recently. So I grabbed everything inside and threw it on my bed. Four hours later, my room still looked like a tyhpoon had hit and I was so over it. I’m sure you know the feeling. But that’s when I realized my closet … continued

10 Ways to Look on the Bright Side of Dogstruction

My friend Beth recently launched a hilarious website called Dogstruction.com that documents the over-the-top messes our dogs make of our lives. It’s based on the formula that while you love your pet (or, child or partner or roommate), your pet happen… continued