http://www.myhappy.com/article Where the science of happiness meets ancient wisdom Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:00:19 +0000 newsbot http://www.myhappy.com/article/2008/07/04/positive-psychology-news-daily-the-rider-the-elephant-and-the-send-button/ If you have not read it, I highly recommend Jonathan Haidt’s The Happiness Hypothesis. One of Haidt’s metaphors, more thoroughly explained in the book, is the very accessible image of the rider (conscious reasoning self) and the elephant (automatic and unconscious self). ]]> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pos-psych/~3/327151728/20080705824/feed/ 0