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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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There Are Other Places to Go: Quitting As Success

If I were rich, I’d wear Vera Wang dresses to the galas and fetes that I assume would pepper my schedule. She’s known for the […]

Career , HappinessPosted on: July 14, 2015July 12, 2015

If You Want to Be Happy . . . Find the Meaning in Your Life

Motivational psychology hinges on the idea that understanding what is most important to any individual person is the key to changing behavior. I’ve heard this […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: June 25, 2015June 21, 2015

Controlling Your Way to Happiness?

In some ways, control is at the heart of the most common clinical approaches to mood disorders like depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the “gold […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

The Secret Ingredient to a Lasting Marriage? Kindness.

It seems silly to say this. The person you marry is supposed to be the person you love most. Of course you would be your […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: May 27, 2015May 26, 2015

Finding Happiness By Settling

Choice is a funny thing. Having autonomy is one of our basic shared human needs, and depriving people of choice certainly leads to unhappiness. On […]

HappinessPosted on: March 19, 2015December 6, 2018

Using Art to Connect with People

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how asking other people for help is a way to forge a connection. The post was inspired by […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: March 17, 2015March 9, 2015

Where Home Is: Bill Murray on Authenticity

I’ve been collecting perspectives on authenticity as a way to be as happy as possible. I believe that being yourself helps ensure contentment;  although life […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: March 5, 2015March 1, 2015

Finding Your Strengths, Feeding Your Competence

Martin Seligman, one of the founders of Positive Psychology, points out that many resolutions are about quitting a bad behavior. People give up junk food, […]

Happiness , Motivation , PsychologyPosted on: February 18, 2015July 2, 2019

Blizzards and Happiness: Hedonic Adaptation

Last week I was in Portland, Oregon for work. The weather was about 45 degrees–a temperature that usually signals the onset of winter for me. […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: February 11, 2015October 18, 2016

Those “The Software Is Ignoring Me” Blues

So how socially wired are humans, anyway? Apparently, so much so that we become angry and distressed when we get rejected . . . by […]

Happiness , Motivation , PsychologyPosted on: February 10, 2015February 5, 2015

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