Happiness Happens Day & HappyThon
Happiness Happens Month all started because we started with the idea to celebrate happiness for a day. The first Happiness Happens Day happened on August 8, 1999 when we got our first member from Topeka, Kansas. By first member, I mean it was someone I didn't...
Happiness Happens Month: 3 Keys to Your Ongoing Happiness & Personal Message
During Happiness Happens Month we're posting lots of blogs including many from guest bloggers. Today, Claire Louise Hay, a Personal Growth Mentor is sharing 3 Keys to Your Ongoing Happiness and offering an opportunity for some guidance when you visit her Facebook...
Happiness Happen Month: Art by Mr. Clam Lynch
During the month of August we're going to post a new blog most days to celebrate Happiness Happens Month. Today we're celebrating happiness with art by Society member, Mr.Clam Lynch ... and yes, I purchased a piece myself. It's just full of happy. ...
You Can Never Have Too Much Happy
OK, I know some of you are thinking, there are some persistently perky people, that appear to have too much happy. But when you think about genuinely happy people, the ones who naturally find the silver lining in most situations but aren't oblivious to reality, are...
Happy Happiness Happens Month
If you're reading this it's Happiness Happens Month somewhere. We want to know how your celebrating. If you comment below by midnight Hawaii time on August 1 your name will be entered in a drawing for prizes. There's still time to become a Happiness Happens...
Happiness Happens Month Ambassador
It's the happiest time of the year in Secret Society of Happy People world. We're counting down to Happiness Happens Month which starts in fewer than 7 days on August 1. We've already had two stories about it: Focus on Life's Little Things to Be Happy A...
My Parade-Raining Confession & Why We Need Happiness Happens Month
It’s something I’m not particularly proud of doing 15 years after I started the Secret Society of Happy People, but sometimes I have parade-raining thoughts. Parade-raining is unnecessary negative communication. The truth is I’m pretty good about not...
Final Hours to Order Your Happiness Happens Month T-Shirt
This year we're only ordering Happiness Happens Month T-shirts if you order one (in advance). This way you can chose between styles, colors and sizes -- we have options from bellas, tanks, V-necks to round necks in sizes XS - 4X. We also have some other fun...
Happy 4th of July
I'm sending you wishes for a fun, festive and fabulous 4th of July. How are you celebrating? I like dreams of the future better than history of the past. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Do You Recognize Unexpected Happiness?
Share with us the last time you experienced unexpected happiness ... and you'll be entered in a drawing for a Society T-shirt. Comments must be made by June 30. Also, we're getting ready for the 13th Annual Happiness Happens Month in August. Do you want to share some...
Happy, Happy … It’s Summer!!!
How will you celebrate?
VOTE for HAPPINESS
I VOTE TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD HAPPIER I'm honored to be a finalist in the first Global Thought Lead Contest. But for me and the Secret Society of Happy People to win and share our message that happiness can make the world a better place I need your vote. All you have...
Happiness Isn’t a Recipe
Wouldn’t life be easy if happiness was literally a recipe? It’d be something like, smile nine times at strangers, do five acts of kindness, and laugh at least seven times. Double the recipe if you’re serving happiness to more than one person. But happiness doesn’t...
3 Tips to Keep Your Happy While Dealing with Parade Rainers
Unless you're hibernating you'll probably cross paths with a parade rainer at some point in your day. Find out three tips to help you keep your happy despite them. And please share your tips below. If you do by June 8, you'll be entered into a drawing for a Society...
Ask Pamela Gail: Happiness, Families & Self
Dear Pamela Gail, Like many other women out there, I’ve discovered my mother-in-law-hates me! Naively, I thought that she and I were getting along great and that I was doing the right thing by lending an ear when she gossiped about others. I did find it strange that...
Memorial Weekend & Honorabale Happiness
Thanking and remembering all who served with honor - which is one of the 31 Types of Happiness. Check out our new YouTube video message: Memorial Weekend & Honorable Happiness
3 Keys to a Mostly Happy Life
During commencement season I ponder what would I tell a graduating class about happiness. Therefore welcome to my 2013 commencement address. And if you comment by May 31, you'll be entered in a drawing for a Society T-shirt. When you’re in school, you believe...
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Our mothers plant the roots of security that we carry into adulthood. The love a mother gives their child is unlike any other because it's unconditional despite the complexities of the relationship. And deep down, no matter our age, there's a part of us that from time...
When Relief is Happiness
Welcome to my first video blog about the happiness of relief. I taped this last night, May 8, after a day of going to the doctor first thing in the morning for medicine for my sinus infection so let's just say I don't look so good. Someone actually said I looked like...
Can You Happily Coexist with Chaos?
Chaos barges its way into our day when it sends us an unexpected situation that redefines the next few minutes, the next few hours or days, and on occasion even a lifetime. There are two types of chaos … controllable and uncontrollable. Controllable chaos includes...
Written by Pamela
Pamela Gail Johnson founded the Secret Society of Happy People in 1998. Some of the things that make her happy are tasting new wines with friends, doing social media, cooking for her dog Tater, practicing yoga to discover new muscles, and reading paper books while...
Happy Earth Day!
Ask Pamela Gail: Can There Be Happiness When Tragedy Happens?
Pamela Gail, When a tragedy like the one in Boston happens I feel sad, angry, and helpless. However, my life is still normal and I still feel mostly happy but sometimes I feel like I shouldn’t be. Is it alright to be happy now? These sentiments have been shared...
Our Heart Hurts for Everyone Impacted by the Boston Marathon Explosion
Our heart hurts for all those impacted by the Boston Marathon explosion. At times like this there are no words that adequately describe the shock, anger, sadness and lack of understanding for why some people have a need to hurt others that we are all feeling. As we...
Magical Monday Happiness
Do you ever notice how many Facebook posts over the weekend are about dreading Monday? Those post make me wonder why Monday makes so many people unhappy. After all, would any of us prefer the alternative to there not being a Monday? I get that most people don’t have...
Happy Easter Traditions
As a kid Easter was one of my favorite holidays. First, I got a new outfit for church including shoes so the anticipation of Easter started early with shopping. But I couldn't wait to wake up to see if the Easter bunny had stopped by to leave a beautiful Easter...
Ask Pamela Gail: Happiness or Denial in Disguise
Hello Pamela, I think I'm happy most of the time ... I surround myself with my happy thing things and do things that make me happy. Very recently, my husband was diagnosed with cancer but has a good prognosis. I have had some very sad moments and even...
When Uncertainty Rains on Your Happy Parade
As a teenager I believed I was wise beyond my years … and many still call me an old soul. However, I also believed, incorrectly, that if I could make all my own decisions my life would be a perfect happily-ever-after. Of course, that would mean my life would go...
Ask Pamela Gail: Happiness Despite Grief
We had two emails that requested information dealing with grief so I'm including both there: It's been a particularly hard year due to the sudden and unexpected loss of two younger brothers. What do you do when sadness takes up residence in your heart? Barb...
Expectations: Happiness Drainer or Maker
I’m a planner. Plans get made when you have a goal, so I seem to set a lot of goals. But like the Jewish proverb reminds us “Man plans, God laughs.” That’s the story of my life. I set a goal, visualize achieving it, then make a plan with impeccable details down to due...
