App:
Action for Happiness App
Smartphone app which gives you friendly daily happiness "nudges"
Website:
10 Days of Happiness
Free online coaching program for challenging times
Book:
10 Keys to Happier Living
A practical handbook for happiness
Download:
10 Keys to Happier Living - guide book
Ten factors that are important for our well-being and what we can do about them
Website:
10 Keys to Happier Living - postcards
Order some postcards to help spread the word in your local community
Download:
340 Ways to Use Character Strengths
Practical ways of using character strengths based on research by Tayyab Rashid
Book:
A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age
Recommendations from experts on improving the upbringing of our children
Book:
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Shifting perceptions of how we see ourselves and the ego
Book:
A Primer in Positive Psychology
A comprehensive overview of the field of positive psychology
Video:
Acts of Kindness
Some quick ideas for acts of kindness we could all do
Website:
AI-Therapy
Online program using evidence-based techniques to help overcome social anxiety
Website:
Alnowair
An inspiring movement running campaigns to spread positivity in Kuwait
Website:
Antidote
Emotional literacy programme for the whole school community
Website:
Are You Happy Project
Be a part of the project - record a response to the question "Are you happy?"
Website:
Authentic Happiness
Extensive resources from Pennsylvania University Positive Psychology Centre
Book:
Authentic Happiness
Using Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment
Website:
Authentic Happiness Questionnaires
Questionnaires to measure different aspects of happiness
Book:
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment
The first book on positive psychology, by its main spokesperson, Martin Seligman
Book:
Authentic: How to Make a Living by Being Yourself
Before we can begin to change we need to understand the context we live in
Book:
Average to A+
Realising Strengths in Yourself and Others
Website:
B-eat: Beating Eating Disorders
Leading charity for people with eating disorders and their families
Website:
Be Mindful
Promoting mindfulness as a way of improving mental and physical problems
Website:
Beating The Blues
Widely used, evidence based computerised CBT for treating depression
Website:
Belbin Team Roles
Exploring the dynamics of teams
Website:
BetterHelp
Articles & advice about mental health from the BetterHelp e‑counselling platform
Website:
The Big Lunch
Annual one-day get together with your neighbours
Website:
Bike Hub
Information and inspiration to help get you cycling
Website:
Business in the Community: Workwell
Managing emotional wellbeing to help managers build team resilience
Website:
Business in the Community: Health & Wellbeing
Business action for working well
Book:
Born to be good
Demonstrates that humans are in fact born to be good not hardwired to be selfish
Website:
Bounce Forward: Teaching Resilience
Leading-edge expertise in enabling young people and communities to flourish
Website:
Breathworks Mindfulness
Training in mindfulness based approaches to pain and illness
Book:
Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Giving insight, tools and confidence to understand and use CBT
Book:
Britain On The Couch
Why We Are Unhappier Than We Were In The 1950s - Despite Being Richer
Website:
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Promoting ethical & effective counselling/psychotherapy and monitoring standards
App:
Buddhify
Mobile meditation app for iPhone and Android
Website:
Cam's Den
For children facing difficult issues at school and at home
Website:
Campaign for summer camps
Campaign to get more young people enjoying the benefits of summer camps
Website:
CBT Overview
How CBT works, why it's used, its effects, its side-effects, and alternatives
App:
CBT Referee
A helpful tool to assist you in evaluating your thoughts
Website:
CBT Register UK
Details of all officially accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapists in the UK
Website:
CBT Self-Help Therapy
Web-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for anxiety and depression
Website:
Centre for CBT Counselling
Independent, specialist, psycho-educational, counselling and training centre
Website:
Centre for Confidence & Wellbeing
Transforming Scottish culture using cognitive psychology techniques
Website:
Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice
Advances wellbeing by promoting good practice in mindfulness teaching & research
Website:
Centre for Non-Violent Communication
Promotes NVC and helps people peacefully and effectively resolve conflict
Website:
Centre for Resilience, Happiness and Positive Change
Offers distance learning courses, resources and coaching
Website:
Chance UK
Mentoring programmes for children aged 5-11 years with behavioural difficulties
Website:
Change for Life
Tips and ideas to help you and your family be more active and eat more healthily
Book:
Character Strengths and Virtues
Groundbreaking handbook and classification of human strengths and virtues.
Website:
Charter for Compassion
Transcends religious and ideological differences to encourage compassion for all
App:
Check Your Mood
Web-based business tool for checking stress and mental health at work
Website:
Childline
Counselling service for children and young people
Website:
Chris Johnstone
A specialist in the psychology of resilience, happiness and positive change
Website:
Citizens UK
Builds the power of communities that work together for the common good
Website:
Compassionate Mind Foundation
Promotes wellbeing through scientific understanding & application of compassion
Book:
Connected
The Amazing Power of Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Website:
COSRT: List of Therapists
College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists
Website:
Counselling Directory
Online service to help you find a counsellor suited to your individual needs
Website:
CountyOffice.org
Find your local county government offices in the United States
Website:
Volunteering Matters
The UK’s leading volunteering and training charity (formerly CSV)
Video:
Dalai Lama - Why meditate?
Interview with the Dalai Lama about benefits of meditating.
Audio:
Day-to-day mindfulness podcast
Explains how mindfulness can reduce stress and increase concentration
Website:
Debt Support Trust
Helping people resolve their financial burdens and live happier lives
Book:
Delivering Happiness
A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose
Website:
Do Happiness
Our special online programme of actions to boost happiness
Website:
Do It
Volunteering Made Easy
Report:
Doing Good
Altruism and wellbeing in an age of austerity
Book:
Dream It. List It. Do It!
How to Live a Bigger & Bolder Life, from the Life List Experts at 43things.com
Website:
Early Childhood Education
How to help children develop their mental, physical and emotional skills
Book:
Emotional Intelligence
Why it Can Matter More Than IQ
Website:
Emotional Intelligence Quiz
Take a short, fun quiz to see how well you can read other people's emotions
Website:
Family & Parenting Institute: Wellbeing
Information and resources about family wellbeing
Website:
Family Lives
Free parentline offers support
Website:
Fanx.com
Send a unique thank you message to someone you care about
Website:
Fear Fighter
Effective computerised CBT for panic and phobia treatment
Website:
Find a Therapist
Search for counsellors accredited on the UK Council for Psychotherapy register
Report:
Five Ways to Wellbeing
Recommends five ways to well-being based on the latest research.
Book:
Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
Explains how we can enter a state of perfect equilibrium - a state of 'flow'
Website:
FoodCycle
FoodCycle: where communities unite to make sure no good food is wasted
Report:
From a culture of consumerism to a culture of prosperity
Why industrialised societies must change their perceptions and behaviour
Website:
Future Communities
Resources to help build the successful, sustainable communities of tomorrow
Book:
Get Some Headspace
Encourages you to take 10 minutes out of your day to sit in the here and now
Website:
Getting On Brilliantly
Recipes for Successful Meetings
Book:
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
How to attain more loving, supportive and deeply satisfying relationships
Website:
Gingerbread
Provides advice and practical support for single parents
Book:
Glow: How You Can Radiate Energy, Innovation and Success
How to be more innovative, more collaborative, better connected
Website:
Good Gym
Pairs runners with isolated less-mobile people in their area
Website:
Great Kindness Challenge
One day devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible
Website:
Great Place To Work
Providing workplace culture assessments and transformation tools
Website:
Greater Good Science Centre
Groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism
Website:
GROW: Global Review of Wellbeing
Comprehensive, evidence-based and user-friendly tool to assess your wellbeing
Website:
Guidestar
Free access to information on all charities registered in England and Wales
Website:
Happify
Effective, evidence-based solutions for better emotional health and wellbeing
App:
Happiness
App to keep an objective record of the things that make you happy or unhappy
Download:
Happiness Action Pack
Pack of practical day-to-day actions you can take to boost happiness
Book:
Happiness and How it Happens
Suryacitta explores what happiness actually is and how we all can achieve it
Website:
Happiness at work survey
Brilliant tool to understand and improve happiness at work
Download:
Happiness Posters
A set of inspiring posters to accompany our Ten Keys to Happier Living.
Book:
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Shows happiness is not just an emotion but a skill to develop
Book:
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
New edition of landmark book on the importance of Happiness for society
Book:
Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
Challenges present thinking about the causes and consequences of happiness
Book:
Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
Shares the results of three decades of research on happiness and its causes
Book:
Happy Adults
The secret to lasting happiness, contentment and success
Download:
Happy at Work Manifesto
25 things you need to know and do to be happy at work
Book:
Happy at Work: Ten Steps to Ultimate Job Satisfaction
Practical and concise plan to help you create a happier work life
Website:
Happy Cafe
Create a local Happy Cafe for like-minded people to connect and share ideas
Website:
Happy City
Bristol based initiative spreading happiness
Download:
Happy Manifesto
Ideas and approaches you can put into practice to make your workplace great
Video:
Happy Memories
Reflect on what went well yesterday
Website:
Happy People
Award-winning company offering great service and creating a great place to work
Report:
Happy Schools
Framework for learner well-being (Asia-Pacific)
Website:
Happy Startup School
Helping entrepreneurs and startups put happiness ahead of profits
Book:
Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts
The first book on how to apply positive psychology to create great relationships
App:
HappyFeed
Journal app to save daily happy moments & help you appreciate the little things
Website:
Headspace
Simple, practical tools to help find a bit more clarity and calm in your life
Website:
Help From Home
Home based microvolunteer actions that benefit so many worthy causes
Website:
HelpOthers.org
Portal dedicated to small acts of contagious kindness
Website:
Horsesmouth
Social network for informal mentoring
Book:
The How of Happiness
A Practical Guide to Getting The Life You Want
Book:
How to be a Happy Mum
Real advice for real women from real women
Website:
How To Be Happy: The Complete Guide
Infographic showing practical ways to be happier right now
Website:
How to meditate: An introduction
Mindfulness meditation could be the key to a calmer, happier, healthier you
Website:
How to Set And Achieve Your Goals
Tips and strategies on how to set and achieve your goals.
Website:
How to set goals in 4 steps
Practical steps to set goals and make them happen
Book:
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Innovative ways to solve problems in the family
Website:
How2Fundraise
Celebrates and supports people who fundraise for charitable causes
Website:
Hub of Hope
Brilliant online tool to find local support services across the UK
Website:
Human Givens College
Training and courses using the human givens approach
Website:
Human Values Foundation
Life-enriching values for everyone
Book:
Feel Good Fables
Inspiring books on the subjects of fear, choice, challenges, worry, guilt & more
Website:
i-resilience
Free-to-use tool to asses your resilience at work
Website:
ICEPE: Teaching Happiness
Course at the Institute of Child Education and Psychology
Website:
Improve Your Sleep
Guide to better sleep from the Mental Health Foundation
Book:
Inside Out
How to Have Authentic Relationships with Everyone in Your Life
Website:
Institute for Volunteering Research
Develops knowledge and understanding of volunteering to support practitioners
Website:
Institute of Fundraising
Professional membership body to support fundraisers in the UK
Book:
Instructions for Happiness
A step-by-step mind manual for creating the life you choose
Book:
Introducing Happiness: A Practical Guide
Practical guide to philosophy of happiness from ancient Greece to modern world
Website:
Investors In People
Improving business performance
Website:
It's good to talk
Helps people find out more about counselling and psychotherapy
Website:
Journal of Modern Wisdom
Thoughtful essays for public thinkers and the thinking public.
Website:
Just Add Spice
Credit systems to increase participation of community members in public services
Book:
Kindness in a Cruel World
New findings on altruism means "survival of the fittest" is no longer the answer
Report:
Wellbeing and Happiness in Lambeth
Ambitions and actions to improve mental wellbeing and resilience in Lambeth
Book:
Laughology
Improve Your Life With the Science of Laughter
Website:
Laughter Yoga International
Laughter Yoga combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing.
Book:
Learned Optimism
How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Website:
Lessons in Sustainable Happiness
Practical steps for integrating sustainability and wellbeing
Website:
Life Clubs
Self-empowering weekly workshops
Website:
Life Coach Near Me
Find a life coach near where you live
Download:
Life Purpose eBook
How to combine your passion, anger and talent to articulate your life's purpose
Website:
Life Squared
Helping people to ‘live well’ in the modern world
Website:
Lifecoach Directory
Find a registered life coach from a recognised professional body
Website:
Lifeline Projects
Inspiring people to create sustainable and supportive communities
Website:
Light Box
Art-based workshops spreading a positive outlook
Website:
Live Happier
Living happier, and helping others to do the same, is the ultimate life skill
Website:
Live Happy
Magazine helping people discover more happiness in life - at work and at home
App:
Live Happy
First-of-its-kind mobile happiness-boosting programme
Website:
Living Life To The Full
Free online self-help life skills course
Book:
Lost Art of Being Happy: Spirituality for Sceptics
Focusing on the idea of generating skills of the inner life
Book:
Making Happy People
The nature of happiness and its origins in childhood
Book:
Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Inspiring, deeply moving account and Frankl's pioneering approach to living
App:
Mappiness
Mapping happiness across space in the UK - be a part of it
Website:
MBTI Personality Types
Knowing your personality type according to Jungian theory
Book:
Meditation For Dummies
No–nonsense introduction and how–to instructions for meditation
Website:
Meditation Foundation
Offers simple, modern, evidence-based, non-religious meditation courses
Download:
Member Survey Results
Results of survey of Action for Happiness members completed in Nov and Dec 2010
Website:
Mental Health First Aid (England)
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems
Website:
Mental Health First Aid (Scotland)
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems
Website:
Mental Health First Aid (Wales)
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems
Download:
Mental Well-being Checklist
To consider when developing policy, strategy or service
Download:
Mental Well-being Impact Assessment Toolkit
Supports national and local services to embed mental well-being into their work
Website:
Mentaline
Online therapy, counselling and coaching
Website:
Mentoring and Befriending Foundation
Putting mentoring and befriending are at the centre of national volunteering
Website:
MIND
Charity providing help for people who experience all types of mental distress
Website:
Mind & Life Institute
Dalai Lama led organisation promoting scientific investigation of contemplation
Website:
Mind Apples
Simple day-to-day activities that are good for the mind
Book:
Mind Over Mood
Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think
Book:
The Mindful Manifesto
How doing less and noticing more can help us thrive in a stressed-out world
Audio:
Mindfulness for Beginners
Brings the practice of mindfulness meditation to the widest possible audience
Book:
Mindfulness for Dummies
Simple guide to the basics of mindfulness meditation
Website:
Mindfulness for Healthy Living
Online toolkit of preventive meditations and mindfulness tips
Website:
Mindfulness in Schools
Aims to encourage and promote teaching of secular mindfulness in schools
Website:
Mindfulness Meditation For Beginners
Learn all about the art and science of cultivating mindfulness
Audio:
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Helps people break free of the negative thoughts that can lead to depression
Website:
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Manage your stress levels and improve your physical and mental health.
Website:
Mindfulnet
Independent, non-profit website dedicated to promoting mindfulness
Website:
Moodscope
Take control of your mood at the click of a button
Website:
Morning Gloryville
Morning Gloryville is an immersive and inspiring morning dance party
Website:
Mumsnet
Provides knowledge, experience and support for parents
Website:
Mutual Inspiration
Collaborative and participative ways to finding solutions
Website:
My Best Thing Today
Let them know what happened to you today
Book:
My Happy Place
Book of happy thoughts and memories with beautiful illustrations from students
Website:
My Value Manifesto
Create your own personalised manifesto to help you live by your values
Website:
National Accounts of Well-being
NEF's alternative to the narrow focus on economic measures
Report:
Neighbourliness + Empowerment = Wellbeing
Is there a formula for happy communities?
Website:
Netmums
The UK's fastest-growing online parenting organisation
Website:
NHS Counselling
Useful site on different types of therapy and how to access them
Website:
NHS Live Well
Comprehensive website with lots of information to make choices about your health
Website:
NHS: Do-it-yourself Therapy
Advice on self-help routes to therapy
Book:
Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life
Explains how nonviolent communication helps us build compassionate relationships
Website:
Nutritionist Resource
Directory of registered nutritionists to help you make positive dietary changes
Website:
Online Therapy
Online therapy based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Website:
ONS: Measuring National Wellbeing
Developing measures of the nation's well-being
Website:
Orange Mobile Volunteering
Got 5 minutes? Do some good
Website:
Parent Wellbeing
Want to worry less and enjoy parenting more?
Website:
Parent's Survival Guide to Online Safety
Useful guide for parents about how to help their children stay safe online
Report:
Parenting and Wellbeing: knitting families together
Draws on extensive research to recommend range of approaches for family support
Website:
Penn MAPP course
Penn’s innovative Master of Applied Positive Psychology programme
Book:
People Skills
How to listen to others and resolve conflicts
Book:
People Skills
Explores skills needed to develop more meaningful human relationships
Website:
People United
Exploring how the arts can inspire kindness, community and social change
Website:
Pilotlight
Brings in skills & expertise to help small charities and social enterprises grow
Book:
Play
How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Website:
Play Shaper
Professional development programme on the practice of supporting child's play
Website:
Positive News
Solution-focused newspaper focusing on positive initiatives and people
Website:
Positive Organisations
Bringing the science of flourishing to organisations and leaders
Website:
Positive Parenting
Supporting people to become confident parents
Website:
Positive Psychology Assessment Tools
10+ Positive Psychology Surveys, Measures and Questionnaires
Website:
Positive Psychology Centre
Positive Psychology Centre at the University of Pennsylvania
Book:
Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression
Practical ideas & techniques that can help reduce depression and build happiness
Book:
Positive Psychology in a Nutshell: A Balanced Introduction to the Science of Optimal Functioning
Accessible and thought-provoking introduction to positive psychology
Website:
Positive Psychology News Daily
Round-up of research-based news on happiness and positive psychology
Book:
Positivity
Discover the Groundbreaking Science to Release Your Inner Optimist and Thrive
Website:
Positivity Ratio
Discover the power of the 3-to-1 Ratio with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson
Website:
Practical Recovery
Drug & alcohol rehab advice without stigma or shame. Just compassion & guidance
Website:
Project Happiness
Bringing the science of happiness in strategies for everyday life
Book:
Psychology for a Better World
Strategies to inspire sustainability, based on the latest psychology research
Book:
Raising Happiness
10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
Book:
Raising Happy Children
What every child needs their parents to know
Website:
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Inspiring people to practice kindness and pass it on to others
Website:
Reach
Reach links up skilled volunteers with voluntary organisations
Website:
Relate
Promoting health, respect and justice in couple and family relationships
Website:
Relate for Parents & Families
Free online relationship advice for you and your family
Website:
Relax Kids
Fun and interactive classes to help your child cope with life
Book:
Resilience
The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
Website:
Rethink
Rethink Mental Illness, the leading national mental health membership charity
Website:
Robertson Cooper
Helping orgnisations to improve well-being and engagement in their workforces
Report:
Role of Local Govt in promoting wellbeing
How to help build resilient communities.
Website:
RSA Animate
Amazing animated video lectures from the world's most inspiring thinkers
Website:
RSCPP
Connecting people with therapists across the UK
Website:
Samaritans
Provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day
Website:
School of Everything
Helps you find things to learn near you
Website:
The School of Life
Explore questions of fulfilment and how to lead a better life
Book:
Self-Compassion
Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind
Website:
Shawn Achor
Inspirational speaker on happiness and human potential at work
Website:
Sister Circles
Bringing women together to create connection, transformation and empowerment
Book:
Six Simple Rules for a Better Life
Practical, achievable ways to be happier, healthier and more
Download:
Improve Your Sleep
The impact of sleep on health and wellbeing
Website:
Soul Nutrition
Interactive website with three great tools to support mindfulness and happiness
Book:
Soultrader: Find Purpose and You'll Find Success
Getting to know yourself properly from the inside
Website:
Spots of Time
Miniature volunteering activities - changing the world starts small
Website:
Street Party
Top tips on how to organise a street party
Website:
Streetbank
Community project to bring neighbourhoods closer together
Book:
Strengthsfinder 2.0
Gallup assessment tool with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths
Website:
Stress and Addiction
Exploring the potentially deadly relationship between stress and addiction
Book:
Stuffocation: Living More With Less
Great book by James Wallman about why experiences make us happier than things
Website:
Sustainable Marriage Quiz
How satisfied and committed are you to your relationship?
Book:
Teaching Happiness and Well-being in Schools
Practical guide on how to implement the theory of positive psychology in schools
Website:
TED.com
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
Book:
Ten Keys to Happier Living
A practical handbook for happiness
Download:
Ten Keys to Happier Living - Guidebook
Ten factors that are really important for our well-being
Book:
Thank You
How learning to be grateful and thankful can make you significantly happier
Book:
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Practical applications of the Dalai Lama's spiritual values
Website:
The Brightsider
Where good news reigns
Book:
The Compassionate Mind
Developing compassion for ourselves and others and deriving the benefits
Book:
The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Website:
Enneagram Institute
Personality system with 9 distinct patterns of thinking, feeling and acting
Book:
The Expanding Circle
Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
Website:
The Friends and Neighbours (FAN) charity
Encourages creation of FAN Groups where people meet in a spirit of friendship
Website:
The Gottman Relationship Institute
Practical, science-based tools to help couples get back on track
Video:
The Gratitude Attitude
The power of being grateful and some quick ideas we could all do
App:
The Gratitude Garden
The app that helps you cultivate gratitude!
Book:
The Happiness Advantage
The 7 Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success & Performance at Work
Book:
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
Exposes traditional wisdom around happiness to the scrutiny of modern science
Book:
The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin offers practical advice, sharp insight, charm, and humour
Website:
The Happy Manager
Growing collection of resources for all managers who want more happiness at work
Book:
The Hidden Gifts of Helping
How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times
Website:
The Incredible Years Program
Award-winning training for parents, teachers, and children's social skills
Book:
The Mind: A User's Guide
Handbook to safeguard and improve your mental health
Book:
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
By renowned mindfulness experts with practical guided exercises
Book:
The Optimistic Child
How to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience
Website:
Penn Resilience Project
Evidence-based training to developing emotional resilience
Book:
The Play Ethic
A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living
Book:
The Politics of Happiness
What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Video:
The Power of Smiling
Remember to smile, it can make you feel happier
Report:
The Prosperity Quintet: Measuring Prosperity
Report proposing 5 key indicators to better assess the prosperity of a society
Book:
The Real Secret
12-step programme using research from positive psychology, neuroscience and more
Book:
The Relationship Cure
Guide for building better connections with family, friends and lovers
Book:
The Resilience Factor
7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles
Book:
The Science of Parenting
Explains how to develop your child's full potential based on the latest research
Book:
The Science of Well-Being
What we know about what makes people thrive and societies flourish
Book:
The Selfish Society
How We All Forgot to Love One Another and Made Money Instead
Book:
The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
Teaches partners new and startling strategies for making their marriage work
Book:
The Spirit Level
Why more equal societies almost always do better
Report:
The State of Happiness
Findings from the Local Wellbeing project
Book:
The Young Mind
Invaluable guidance for concerned parents, teachers and young adults
Website:
Therapy Directory
Find a professional therapist if you're in need of support
Book:
Think Good - Feel Good
A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People
Website:
Thx Thx Thx
A thank you note a day
Website:
Time to Change
Campaign to end mental health discrimination
Website:
Timebank
Supports individuals and businesses to find rewarding volunteering opportunities
Website:
TimeWith.co.uk
Free online service which connects people with counsellors and psychotherapists
App:
Track Your Happiness
Research project investigating what makes life worth living
Website:
Transcendental Meditation
A simple, natural, effortless process practised for 15–20 minutes twice daily
Website:
Transition Network
Supports community-led responses to issues of climate change and peak oil
Book:
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Guide to becoming a better human being, combining philosophy, theology and more
Website:
UEL MAPP course
Applied positive psychology course at the University of East London
Website:
v (young volunteers service)
Inspiring and connecting 16-24 year olds with volunteering opportunities
Website:
VIA Strengths Survey
Learn What’s Best About You
Website:
Vision Works
Programmes for schools to improve student wellbeing and personal development
Book:
Visions of Compassion
Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature
Website:
Volunteering England
Supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity
Report:
WARM: The Wellbeing and Resilience Measure
Taking the temperature of local communities
Report:
Well-being Manifesto for a Flourishing Society
How politics would look if people's well-being was the government's main focus
Book:
Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
Wide ranging review of recent well-being research
Website:
Wellbeing Project
Social enterprise providing a range of community based activities
Website:
Welldoing.org
Independent directory of UK therapists and counsellors plus information & advice
Book:
What makes you happy?
How small changes can lead to big improvements in your life
Book:
What Should I Do With My Life?
The same question answered by over 50 real-life stories
Website:
Wheel of Wellbeing
Tips to create a circle of happiness - body, mind, spirit, people, place, planet
Book:
Wherever You Go, There You are
Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life
Website:
Whole Education
Leading organisations for a more rounded education for young people
Book:
Why Good Things Happen to Good People
How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving
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Why Kindness is Good For You
Evidence that kindness can improve our lives
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Why Love Matters
How affection shapes a baby's brain
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Wishbomb
Helps people list their goals, set targets and get support from their friends
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Working with Emotional Intelligence
What emotional intelligence is and why it counts in the workplace
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World Book of Happiness
Latest happiness knowledge from 100 top experts from around the world
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The Young Foundation
Centre for social innovation and home of Action for Happiness
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Your Health and Wellbeing as a Parent
Practical tips on how to look after yourself as a busy parent