Happstr, the App That Finds Your Happy Place … Literally
Looking for happiness? Now there's a map for that. Mobile web app Happstr lets users mark the locations at which they're happy on a map and browse for happy spots left by others nearby.
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Research Shows Our Happiness Steadily Increases Once We Pass 45
A new research study of people in the U.S. and UK shows that once we reach middle age, we start growing happier. The study analyzed the lifestyle and health of more than 10,000 people and found respondents reported better mental quality of life as they aged.
Walking is a Useful Tool in Treating Depression
Something as simple as going for a brisk stroll could play an important role in fighting depression, according to researchers. Vigorous exercise has already been shown to alleviate symptoms of depression, but in this study walking was shown to have an effect similar to other more vigorous forms of exercise.
Happy Adolescents Likely to Have Higher Incomes as Adults
Are you sure money can't buy you happiness? New research suggests that the relationship between money and happiness and is far more complex. Two leading economists claim that the happiness levels of teens clearly determined the likelihood of whether they would go on to earn higher incomes later in life.
School Teachers Who Won Mega Millions Lottery, Will Keep Working
Three Maryland winners sharing the record $656 million lottery payoff are remaining anonymous but garnering praise for their intentions to continue teaching school children. They both said, 'I can't give up my kids,' according to lottery officials.
The World's Oldest Body-Building Grandma Shows Others How to be Healthy, Happy
She started body-building at age 71 and begins every day with a ten-mile run. At 75, this Baltimore grandmother has made it her mission to teach others how to to be healthy, happy and prosperous. Age is just a number, Miss Ernie tells the class at her church.
Upload Your Smiling Face to Yoko Ono's New Smile App
In the 1960s Yoko Ono conceived that her ultimate film would be one that included the smiling face of every person in the world. Now, her idea has come to life as an iPhone app. #Smilesfilm allows people around the world to upload snapshots of smiling faces. Users can view them all geographically on a map or in a moving slideshow chronologically.
Teresa Project Update: 375 Birthday Cards Deliver Well-wishes to Homebound Sister
We received an update on the Teresa Project birthday card campaign. As of today, Teresa, whose brother sought to flood her mailbox with birthday cards this year, has received 375 cards and letters, along with gifts from all across Florida and Tennessee and two dozen other states, as well as Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, Germany and The Netherlands.Read More
Ice Cream Company Delivers Joy Across Afghanistan
In a nation wrenched by decades of war, perhaps it is no surprise that one of Afghanistan's most successful brands manufactures what is sorely lacking in the country: joy. The Herat ice cream factory dips vanilla bars in chocolate, and creates orange sorbets and frozen cones that are sold in each of the country's 34 provinces, a rare success for a business benefitting from no foreign investment.
Are You Happy? Ben Bernanke Wants to Know
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that gauging happiness can be as important for measuring economic progress as determining whether inflation is low or unemployment high. Economics is also about understanding and promoting the enhancement of well-being, which is the ultimate objective of our policy decisions
23-Year-old 'Hears Music' for the First Time: Mozart Blew Me Away
Austin Chapman was born profoundly deaf and says he has never understood why people were so moved by music. But that changed two weeks ago, when he tried a new modern hearing device for the first time.
Aging Better With Art: Low-Income Seniors Thrive in Artists Colony
Tim Carpenter is changing the way elderly Californians experience aging by turning low-cost senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning and creativity. The 13-year-old Los Angeles-area program, EngAGE, provides arts, theater and wellness classes for some 5,000 people — the vast majority of them low-income — living in senior apartment communities.
Give A Fudge! Nominate an Inspirational Friend to Receive Free Gourmet Fudge for WS's 15th Anniversary
Do you know someone in the United States who is always looking on the bright side, cheering others when they need it most? In honor of the Good News Network's 15th anniversary, we will send a free gift box of gourmet fudge to five positive people nominated by WS fans to be honorary Good News Ambassadors, for their consistent efforts to inspire others.
Young Homeless Mom Fighting Cancer Surprised With New Home
Lunchtime conversations with strangers can sometimes lead to miraculous luck. Such was the outcome for an Alabama woman working at a sandwich shop whose friendship with a compassionate Methodist Pastor led to a fresh start.
DC Commuters Have Happy Mondays Thanks to Man Waving Uplifting Signs
Bleary-eyed drivers entering Washington, DC on Monday mornings, are jolted into happiness by people waving with signs with optimistic slogans from the side of the road. Held by 29-year-old Massoud Adibpour and 4 other volunteers, the signs were scrawled with uplifting messages: "Honk if you love someone!"; "Be happy"; "Don't be so hard on yourself"; and, "Smile!"
CONTEST: What Good News Means to Me, Prizes for 4 Best Entries
Fifteen years ago on Labor Day weekend I clicked the button for the first time that uploaded the Good News Network website, allowing anyone in the world to see it on the internet. To mark the anniversary, I am launching a contest called, What 'Good News' Means to Me. I've got some SUPER life-enhancing prizes to award for my four favorite entries.
Man and Goose Form Unlikely Friendship
They walk around the park together like they're in love, reports Steve Hartman. It all started when a gray goose named Maria started following Dominic every time he went to his local Los Angeles park.
15-Year-Old Dog Survives Two Months in the Wild
After 3 1/2 days searching for his dog across the mountain trails in Santa Fe, N.M., camper Mike Stotts decided he had to accept what park rangers and fellow campers had been telling him: That no 15-year-old house dog with diminished hearing could survive that long without food or water among the coyotes and mid-August heat.
4 Quick Tips to Find-and Keep-Happiness
Happiness, or the lack thereof, lies at the root of what makes life meaningful. But it is sometimes hard to figure out what exactly constitutes happiness, especially in a culture like the Unites States that tends to conflate money with meaning. Roko Belic, the director of Happy, the documentary, offers four tips to develop a happiness skill set.
Teenage Sweethearts Separated During the Holocaust Reunited
When he was 15, Thomas Beck escaped from a Nazi prison camp in Budapest - but he left behind his teenage sweetheart, Edith Greiman, 14. There seemed no chance of them ever seeing each other again, for Thomas eventually made his way to Australia and set up a new life. But fate stepped in.
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