3 Ways to Cultivate Sustainable Happiness and Live a More Fulfilling Life

The relationship between happiness, well-being, and sustainability.

In the last couple of decades, there has been an ongoing interest in happiness. Hundreds of books and studies have emerged to guide us toward living a “good life”, but achieving personal happiness is only one part of the equation.

Positive psychology is the study of the “good life”, or the positive aspects of the human experience that make life worth living. As an art, it focuses on both individual and societal well-being.

Dr. Christopher Peterson has defined positive psychology as the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. This means studying human thoughts, feelings, and behaviour, with a focus on strengths rather than weaknesses, building a good life instead of repairing the bad, and helping average people transition from a good to then a great lifestyle.

Positive psychology focuses on the positive events and influences in life, including:

1 — Positive experiences (i.e. happiness, joy, inspiration, and love)

2 — Positive states and traits (i.e. gratitude, resilience, and compassion)

3 — Positive institutions (i.e. applying positive principles)

When happiness is partnered with well-being and sustainability it takes on a whole new dimension: sustainable happiness.

Let’s break down the word into two parts (Sustainable and Happiness) and define them separately.

Sustainable is defined as “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level”.

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