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Tag Archives: happiness
Marital Happiness Myth
I am reading an interesting book about happiness, Well & Good, written by an Australian researcher, Richard Eckersley. It is a great book that is reflecting some of the questions that I’ve been grappling with: there is something that is … Continue reading
Posted in Singles By Choice
Tagged couplemania, cultural trance, happiness, marriage, matrimania, meaning, myth, singlism
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Sisyphus and Happiness
As I was waking up this morning, in that state of not-quite-awakeness, the name Sisyphus bubbled up. Somehow the idea of dragging myself out of bed to do almost exactly the same thing I had done the day before, felt … Continue reading
Posted in Healing tools
Tagged connections, depression, field notes, friendship, happiness, meaning, meaning crisis, myth of sisyphus
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Happiness and Relationships
In A Guide to Personal Happiness Albert Ellis and Irving Becker suggest ten rules for achieving personal happiness among them: Decide to strive primarily for your own happiness. Decide to put other people’s happiness a close second to your own. … Continue reading
Women’s Happiness
There is an interesting article on women and happiness at AlterNet. The author, Vicki Haddock, points out that women have an unprecedented level of education, greater earning power, more economic independence, more reproductive control and access to virtually any career, … Continue reading
Happy Places
Your happiness might depend on where you live. The University of Leicester has been studying subjective well-being on a global scale and produced a World Map of Happiness. A self-described grump, Eric Weiner, used this map to travel to happy … Continue reading
Singlism
Bella DePaulo defines singlism in her groundbreaking book Singled Out as People who do not have a serious coupled relationship are stereotyped, discriminated against, and treated dismissively. This stigmatizing of people who are single – whether divorced, widowed, or ever … Continue reading
Posted in Singles By Choice
Tagged Bella DePaulo, couplemania, happiness, Karen Gail Lewis, Kay Trimberger, matrimania, new life stage model, singlism, supports
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