"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions "Dalai Lama. The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution of 12 July 2012, proclaimed March 20 to be the International Day of Happiness. The UN recognised the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives.In this podcast we celebrate the International Day of Happiness by exploring what you can do to increase your level of happiness.Some of the tips include: * reviewing positive psychology - reference: Book - A Practical Guide to Happiness in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum. A Positive Psychology Approach. Victoria Honeybourne, 2017, Jessica Kingsley Publishers * it involves more that just getting happy; includes giving, exercise, appreciation, resilience, positive emotions and meaning * developing change and making it consistent * importance of doing something new * using fun childhood experiences as inspiration for your life now * journaling 3 good things to increasing your positivity * acts of kindness to increase your happiness * increasing positive praise * reference referred to: http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism/