It’s the one thing everyone wants and we spend our lives pursuing it, but in this day and age it seems to becoming more elusive. The word ‘happiness’ is banded about a lot these days, it appears in advertising campaigns around the world in a bid to sell us more of what we so desperately seek.

In an age when we have all the conditions to be happy why does it feel like we are actually becoming more unhappy? There are many barriers that prevent us from being happy but the good news is they are all within our control.

Here’s a look at what could be holding us back from happiness and what to do about it: http://www.projecthappiness.org/what-stops-us-from-being-happy/