Category — Websites Worth Wandering

APA and Positive Psycholgy (www.apa.org) The Positive Psychology Initiative at the American Psychological Association and positive psychology listserve. Character Counts (www.charactercounts.org) Character Counts is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian character education framework that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The Character Counts Coalition includes thousands of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations. Human Happiness: Its Nature and Its Attainment (www.gethappy.net) Dr. Fordyce has recently published an on line book called Human Happiness: Its Nature and Its Attainment. He is one of the foremost experts in researching happiness academically. His book has two volumes, the first explains the nature, emotion, and personality about happiness and the second has his formula on how to attain your maximum level of happiness. His writing style is fun and easy to ready yet still maintains the academic rigor we all respect and trust. We are extremely grateful for Dr. Fordyce's contribution to the happiness movement! The Happiness Club (www.happinessclub.com) What is the Happiness Club? It is an organization with the mission to promote the benefits of being happy through meetings, newsletters, and an informative web site, to the people in our community, and around the world. Authentic Happiness (www.authentichappiness.com) On your journey to Authentic Happiness, make use of this site to track your progress. You can take any of the questionnaires from the book Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. The World Database of Happiness (http://www1.eur.nl/fsw/happiness/) Thank goodness for Ruut Veenhoven who collected and organized all of this helpful information. Bay Area Hoopers (www.hooping.org) Hooping makes people happy! Compliments of: www.happyzone.com

The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor http://aath.org Created to educate health care professionals and lay audiences about the values and therapeutic uses of humour and laughter. Features an extensive book list. The Happiness Workshop www.ivillage.co.uk/ .. A four-week workshop which aims to help you identify problem areas and provide you with the skills and strategies needed to fulfil your happiness potential. Humor Project www.humorproject.com Aims to help people get more 'smileage' out of their lives and jobs by applying the practical, positive power of humour and creativity. Features discussion boards and a bookstore. American-based. Homeopathic Physician – Dr Kaplan www.drkaplan.co.uk This website, owned by Dr Brian Kaplan, is dedicated to the sharing of stories about homeopathy, homeopaths and patients. Patch Adams www.patchadams.org Official site of The Gesundheit! Institute and Patch Adams, the doctor-clown, whose life was played by actor Robin Williams in the Golden-Globe-nominated film Patch Adams.

If you think you need to get it all done before you can be happy, consider that on the day you die, you will have email in your inbox. -- Robert Holden Rhonda's comments: I have had the great pleasure of training with Robert in Oxford, England several years ago. Check out his website and all his amazing work to further the awareness of the importance of happiness at http://www.happiness.co.uk/.

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