Saturday, 13 May 2017

Happiness vs Wellbeing: Which should we really be pursuing?


What makes us happy? How can we become happy? Why are certain people happier than others?

These are all questions that many of you have probably asked before. The pursuit for happiness is a universal human goal, however, did you know that there’s a big difference between happiness and wellbeing? There’s an entire strain of psychology dedicated to investigating wellbeing, so we spoke with Dr Maria Hennessy, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at JCU, to learn more.

For full story see
https://www.jcu.edu.au/brighter/articles/10-reasons-you-should-ditch-the-big-smoke-to-study-in-north-queensland/happiness-vs-wellbeing-which-should-we-really-be-pursuing

Photo: Cristian Newman, Unsplash

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