Brilliant Positive Psychology

CHAPTER 2

Happiness and

psychological

well-being

If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we

could have a pretty good time.

Edith Wharton, 1862–1937

This chapter will introduce you to what really makes you happy

and how a deeper sense of happiness and well-being comes from

much more than momentary pleasure. It will look at some of the

foundations of your well-being and show that your happiness

and ability to flourish depend on six basic psychological needs.

It will also look at the effect that your relationship with time has

on your happiness ...