Happiness expert Arthur Brooks, Providence College commencement speaker. Hon. degrees.

March 11, 2024
A bald man smiling in front of a Providence College bookcase.

Harvard Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks, Commencement Speaker – Four Others to Receive Honorary Degrees Providence College (PC) announced that Harvard University Happiness Expert Dr. Arthur Brooks, will present the Commencement Address at the College’s 106th Commencement exercises. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Downtown…

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Where Americans are happiest – money isn’t everything, but…

August 13, 2023
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Research shows that in some cases, money does lead to happiness. In fact, a 2021 University of Pennsylvania study found a correlation between happiness and income growth, even past an annual income of $80,000. This is in contrast to previous research that found happiness stagnated after an individual earned $75,000. However, not all places can…

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Todd Patkin, Chief Happiness Officer: One man’s quest to beat depression and anxiety

March 30, 2022
Twelve weeks to living a happier life.

by Nancy Thomas, publisher Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and–Finally–Let the Sunshine In Todd Patkin describes himself best – “Happiness Coach. Chief Happiness Officer, Coach and Speaker”. As the author of “Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and – Finally – Let the Sunshine In”, you…

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Happiness and Work – Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL

March 21, 2022
A group of business people sitting around a table.

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We’ve got to get away from happiness being thought to be a fluffy concept, or slightly frivolous, or a curiosity, to taking it seriously. This is what people want for their lives.”- Richard Layard             It’s no secret that there’s a post-pandemic mental health crisis affecting many of us. COVID-19…

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