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A front view of a young brunette woman carrying two bags of garden waste that is to be composted and reused. She is working on a community space garden in Hexham in the North East of England with a group of friends.

The mental tricks you can use in your lifelong pursuit of happiness

10 May 2023

Evidence-based tweaks to the way you think about your day are the secret of how to be happy over the course of your life
What really makes people happy – and can you learn to be happier?

What really makes people happy – and can you learn to be happier?

19 January 2022

Our life satisfaction is shaped by many things including our genes and relative wealth, but there is now good evidence that you can boost your basic happiness with these key psychological strategies

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