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Sip the Mmm-magic of Matcha
It’s getting chilly out there these days. Great weather for enjoying a nice hot cup of tea. How about a cup of matcha? Matcha, the...

Steven Hansen
Nov 29, 20211 min read


Change Your Name to Judy or Joshua
What’s in a name, you ask? How about the key to lifelong happiness and popularity. Psychologist David Holmes of Manchester (UK)...

Steven Hansen
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Create A New Ritual
A friend and his spouse have a simple holiday tradition. They go out for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. They go to the same cozy...
HA Staff
Nov 1, 20212 min read


Take a Nap
Finally! Scientifically proven evidence that we’d all feel happier if everybody just took a nap! A study between napping and happiness...

Steven Hansen
Oct 18, 20211 min read


Make It to October
“Tis June, the fairest month of all, bright June, the month of roses.” Kansan poet Elva May Root makes a good point about the sixth month...

Steven Hansen
Sep 25, 20211 min read


Listen to the Blues
That’s right. The Blues. Those heart-wrenching ballads sung by the genre’s finest -- and bluesiest -- singers like Muddy Waters, Ma...

Steven Hansen
Sep 20, 20211 min read


Where Do You Belong?
As we continue to cautiously emerge from the bunkers of our pandemic isolation, it feels good to fall back into familiar routines once...

Steven Hansen
Sep 14, 20215 min read


Listen to the Most Beautiful Duet Ever Written
ClassicFM.com gives top billing to the “Flower Duet,” on its list of the most-uplifting classical duets ever written. Even if you’re not...

Steven Hansen
Aug 27, 20211 min read


Dance in the Rain
Maybe you had an especially challenging day, and to make matters worse, it’s pouring rain outside. But don’t let that get you down. In...
HA Staff
Aug 16, 20211 min read


Torch Your Troubles Away
Fiestas de Santa Fe has been held since 1712 to celebrate the Spanish reconquest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1692 by Don Diego de Vargas...

Steven Hansen
Aug 1, 20212 min read


Smell Good Things
Of our five basic senses -- sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch – research says that our sense of smell is the most powerful. Our...

Steven Hansen
Jul 30, 20211 min read


Eat More Chocolate
Remember how good it felt the first time you nibbled a piece of really fine chocolate? I’m talking the real stuff -- a 72% single-origin...

Steven Hansen
Jul 27, 20211 min read


Ear Bliss #3
Relax and take a well-deserved aural vacation listening to these five specially chosen selections that will help you escape a dreary or...

Steven Hansen
Jul 20, 20213 min read


Get a Haircut
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. The Japanese have a term for it: kaizen (kai=change zen=good). It's a...

Steven Hansen
Jun 28, 20211 min read


Get a Job that Matters
...And Don't Forget to Socialize A recent phone app survey of 22,000 people in the UK shows that work is ranked lower than any of the...

Steven Hansen
Jun 23, 20211 min read


How to Have Good Dreams
Here are some simple tips that will help improve the quality of your dreams.

Steven Hansen
Jun 17, 20212 min read


10 More Ways to Get Happier
Here are 10 more fun and easy hacks to feel happier right away.

Steven Hansen
Jun 2, 20218 min read


Grow a $750,000 Tulip
Tulipmania was a thing. Now you know why!

Steven Hansen
May 27, 20212 min read


Savor Being 34
This is the age many people feel happiest

Steven Hansen
May 24, 20211 min read


How to Attract Birds to You
This is how you entice forest birds to reveal themselves

Steven Hansen
May 14, 20211 min read
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