Learning Points: Being happy isn’t a magic trick, it takes hard work

HAPPINESS can be such an elusive concept. What does it truly mean anyway? When everyone’s idea of happiness is unique to them. I regularly hear the same declaration in my clinic: ‘I just want to be happy.’

Often clients seek out therapy because they come to realise that they are not happy in the life they are living and they need help. Happiness is big business too. There is a huge industry built around the pursuit of it, with many books and videos suggesting that it is as simple as deciding you want to be happy.