Here are half a dozen recent research studies that caught my eye.  Diener et al, in a large sample of people round the world, found intriguingly that wealth tends to increase life satisfaction, while it is the fulfilment of psychological needs - learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the ability to count on others in an emergency - that better predicted positive feelings. ...

Yesterday I wrote a post "Disagreeing with Jamie Pennebaker - writing can help past, present & future concerns".  I ended it with the words "In tomorrow's post I'll argue that therapeutic writing (...