Happy new year! At least I hope 2009 is a happy one. With this in mind, here's a quickie happiness tip - in a mere 14 words:

It is better to be a little wrong than very right and very alone.

What do I mean by those powerful 14 words?

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Throughout the ages, there's been one question that's consistently stumped the wisest of gurus and prophets -- and at times even Oprah.

How do you know when its lofty love -- or its wily doppleganger lust?

You must always keep in mind that some...

Are you always looking around for something better: a better job, a better apartment... a better relationship?

For example, let's say you finally found a pretty great love catch. Do you still find yourself tempted to keep going back to that large online dating ocean, in hopes of finding an...

A year or so ago I read this fascinating article in The New York Times, all about the psychology of evil -- and at the time it reminded me of my then-boyfriend! The article highlighted what it called The Psychopath Checklist -- a helpful list criminal psychiatrists use to...

I discovered the below "Paradoxical Commandments" by Dr. Kent Keith in researching for my Bounce Back Book, and wanted to share -- as they are definitely commandments which can help one bounce back during challenging times.

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love...

According to Charles Czeisler, a specialist in sleep deprivation at Harvard Medical School, lack of sleep can be as bad for productivity as drinking too much alcohol.

"We now know that 24 hours without sleep, or a week of sleeping four or five hours a night, induces an impairment equivalent...

Many men think we women have penis envy. Yeah, right. Speaking as a woman (and for all women), I have two words to put an end to that kind of foolish thinking: multiple orgasms.

Plus, there are a multiple of other reasons why a woman should be happy with...

Money and work. For almost 75% of Americans, money and work are two of the top sources of stress, according to the American Psychological Association's 2007 Stress in America Survey.

My goal: to help you reduce your money/work stress.

With this in mind, I'm running a series...

1. Be so pro-active you're pre-active. Start thinking of ways not only for your personal microcosmic job to stay around, but for your entire macrocosmic business to stay around. Brainstorm ways for your company to save money and make money. Devour professional journals, magazines and books which help you stay...

Money doesn't buy happiness. But complaining about being broke doesn't pay the rent or make you any happier either. In my newest book, The Bounce Back Book, I give many resiliency psychology techniques to help folks thrive in the face of adversity. Below are some free tips from my book...

I always love to find good news in bad news. And so I was happy to hear that there's a positive perk in learning how to restrain one's spending -- how developing this money discipline may help you to achieve other greater goals.

Says who? Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang...

Obstacles to happiness often appear larger than they truly are during a crisis. So if right now you're in crisis mode, due to the financial meltdown, please keep in mind that you're seeing things through a temporarily darker, blurrier lens. Nothing is ever as "fabulously good" or as "crisis bad"...

The big 2008 question: Just how much is the sky falling and stress rising?

"10 to 16 million are suffering terribly due to their debts," says Paul J. Lavrakas, a research psychologist involved in a recent AP-AOL survey -- a number which is up 14 percent higher...

Woody Allen has some interesting thoughts on love. He says....

"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is...

Some of the roads we take in life are far more problematic -- have many more lions and tigers and bears, oh my. In fact, if I'd been with Dorothy on her journey, at a certain point I'd have suggested she consider trying a less troublesome path than her Yellow...

First, read this list of relationship tips below. When you get to the bottom, I will share with you WHERE they come from -- a surprising source!

1. We all create our relationships to work out issues that need to be addressed. Relationships are one of our best laboratories to...

Lincoln was not a lucky guy.

At age seven, he was forced to make money for his family.

At nine, his mother passed, forcing him to work even harder.

At twenty Lincoln lost his seemingly stable job as store clerk ... and then by twenty-three he went into debt trying...

His name was ... well, nevermind. I'll just call him Mr. X -- because I'm sure every woman has had a Mr. X in their life. You know, that boyfriend who is completely looks-obsessed. Not about his looks, but about the woman's. My particular Mr. X was focused on finding...

As we all know, the truest life theories are the ones which can withstand the test of time. And so I wanted to re-explore "happiness tips" from famous, cool, dead people...to see if their theories are indeed timeless ...beginning with the very interesting Ayn Rand.

First of all, you pronounce...

After my sexual assault a few years ago, I found myself thinking a lot about God. In the process. I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious.

What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance...