Why Attaining Happiness is so Elusive, Part 1 Posted By : Dr. Frank Bonkowski

This is the first part of a five-part series exploring the ideas and suggestions for achieving happiness in The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt financialwebsitereview.com positive psychologist. First, it discusses the importance of the unconscious mind or the elephant in his analogy in our ways of thinking and acting. It briefly explains important concepts such as “negativity bias” and “affective style.” Finally, it suggests three ways of influencing affective style: mediation, cognitive therapy and prozac.