10/3/09 – Mary Jones of The Mary Jones Show talked with happier’s Andrew Rosenthal about tips for measuring your happiness and learning more about strengths..

Here you can listen to the interview (9:15) using the player, below.

Mary has developed her Happiness Meter, which we wanted to share with you:

At any point during your day, or at many points during your day, ask yourself, “How happy am I feeling right now?” Don’t worry about how happy you were yesterday or how you hope to feel tomorrow, but right now.

On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest, assign a number to your level of happiness at the moment.

1: Despondent  (A black cloud)

2: Stressed/frazzled (Your hair standing)

3: Content (A comfy chair)

4: Pretty darn happy! (Smiley face)

5: Ecstatic (You doing a cartwheel)

If you peg yourself at a 2, for example, have an arsenal of things that you can instantly do, anywhere, that will raise your number to a 3. You can positively raise your Happiness Meter number, at any time (we seem to forget that we have control over a lot of this, don’t we?).

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10/12/9 – The folks at AlleyDog .com, a blog search engine, just recognized us as a Top Psych blog on the web. Check us out here.

“I’m pleased to let you know that you blog was selected as on of the very best and is included on Top Psych.” -Dr. Doug Kaufman, AlleyDog.com

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10/14/09 – Over at Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop page, Catherine Fass, wrote about our blog post on how physical spaces can influence creativity.

“It’s been proven that the physical space you’re in influences the space you’re in psychologically. And recently, scientists have discovered that the workspace environment you’re in can influence creativity levels as well. Happier.com has listed ten tips to help you set the scene for creativity.”

Catherine can be found on twitter as well @catherinefaas

Guy Kawasaki tweeted about our blog post to his followers.  Guy is an original employee of Apple, most recently the author of Reality Check, and can be found on twitter @guykawasaki

And please check us out on the Positive Psychology page on Alltop

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10/15/09 – Susan King over at His and Hers Depression Blog wrote a about her experience with happier.com

“I recently came across a new website with a different twist on depression.  It’s called happier.   Instead of focusing on the things that make us depressed and trying to overcome those negative feelings, this site focuses on doing things that make you happier…. Happier is something most of us would love to be so I would suggest having a look at this new website.  I sure liked what I saw!”

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10/16/09 – The folks at venture beat selected us as runners up for their contest to win a spot to attend and showcase our technology at the Web 2.0 Summit After the Dark party in San Francisco. We would have loved to win but are also happy to have been recognized.

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