Flow is a state of consciousness where action and awareness become one. It’s when a person is so fully immersed in an activity that they lose their sense of time and self. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls it an “optimal state of experience.”…
Here’s a huge collection of 100+ happiness hacks we can all use to boost important “feel good” chemicals, such as dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. These are the building blocks to living a happier and healthier life….
Your experience of happiness, pleasure, and joy often depend on the situation and context. If you understand this, you can maximize the happiness in your life….
This was a monumental year for The Emotion Machine, which officially turned over 10 years old this year! That’s a whole decade of writing and sharing information about psychology and self-improvement. It’s now time to recap the best article published in 2019. As always, it’s a nice combination of articles covering a wide-range of topics (more…)
Psychology is clear that our childhood and early experiences can have a massive influence on our happiness and well-being later in life. Here are 7 ingredients to a positive childhood….