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Then check out happier.com<\/a>. happier.com’s mission is simply to inspire people to be happier. happier.com strives to be the “leading distributor of research-backed online solutions to make people happier and more resilient”.<\/p>\n

What makes happier.com stand out from the crowd is that they offer free exercises and assessments that are based on years of university research. Their leading research partner is Dr. Martin Seligman<\/a>, Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center (aka the father of positive psychology<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Start by taking the Authentic Happiness Assessment<\/a> where you get your “happiness score”. This score is recorded and you can retake your authentic happiness assessment at any point in time and then view your scores over time on a bar graph. You can also do exercises to increase your happiness<\/a>. The exercises teach you how to:<\/p>\n

– Have more “best days”
\n– Focus on the causes of life’s victories
\n– Control negative thoughts
\n– Let go of grudges<\/p>\n

The idea is over time after doing these exercises, your happiness score will increase.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 You’ll have to register<\/a> to take the assessments and complete the exercises. However, they have a comprehensive research section<\/a> on the site that you can puruse through at your leisure.<\/p>\n

Here’s to increasing your happiness,<\/p>\n

Christina<\/p>\n

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