After 40, happiness stops being about chasing more and starts coming down to a few simple, intentional choices. These six ...

True happiness doesn't come from controlling everything around you — it comes from mastering what you give your energy to.

We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well. Credit...By Joanne Joo Supported by By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah is The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist ...

This research update from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard discusses the role of happiness and life satisfaction in human life, its effects on other aspects of flourishing, and what it is that ...

Jace Mattinson returned to an executive role in the lumber industry after finding early retirement unfulfilling and repetitive.

The experience of work has been turned upside down in the last few years. And if you're like most people, you're giving more thought to when, where and how you work—as well as why. The global dialogue ...

More than three decades ago, folk and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin soared to number one on the charts with his pop hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Happiness, of course, is in the eye and heart of the ...

Explore how happiness economics measures individual satisfaction through surveys, analyzing economic factors like income, employment, and their impact on well-being.

Sometimes, ideas become accepted knowledge even though they are not based in fact. Prime examples are that the only human-made object that can be seen from space is the Great Wall of China, that ...

Victor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist who spent much of World War II in concentration camps, where he lost most of his family to illness and murder. Yet, somehow, he kept his humanity and later ...

Recently, links to a variety of articles made their way into my social media feed. One such article was from Todd (2021) 1 claiming that “Psychologists say a good life doesn’t have to be happy, or ...

“How to Build a Life” is a biweekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. One of the words I’ve seen used most often to describe life during the coronavirus pandemic is ...