Happy Friday and happy birthday to Sam Martin, from Smart Choice Student Support who is back this week with some more positive study hacks. Over to Sam..... You came back - thanks! If you haven’t read the intro, go back and have a quick look. But if you did then you’ll know that when we are in a positive state of mind we are more intelligent, productive, creative and energetic! With this knowledge, I made a huge effort in my final year of university to increase my positivity

It's Expert Wednesday here at Young Happy Minds, so who better to learn from than Barbara Frederickson. Some really interesting stuff here! Positive emotions are important not only because they feel good, but instead of narrowing our focus like negative emotions do, positive emotions affect our brains in ways that increase our awareness, attention, and memory. They help us take in more information, hold several ideas in mind at once, and understand how different ideas relate

Since the time of Buddha, 2,500 years ago, people have always searched for happiness. Aristotle philosophised about it, so did Leonardo Da Vinci and Anne Frank. It is the ultimate goal we all have! Yet, it was not until 1988 it was invested tens of millions of dollars in research to find out what is the science behind what makes people happy - it was then the term Positive Psychology was born. Here we will share some of the research behind positive psychology and what makes y