Of all of the definitions of happiness, my favorite is from psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar, who defines happiness as “the overall experience of pleasure and meaning.” Neither “pleasure” nor “meaning” ...

Researchers are increasingly clear that money can lift happiness in retirement, but only up to a point, and not in the way ...

The concept of “happiness” may seem elusive. Or maybe we’re just going about cultivating it in the wrong way. “People tend to overestimate the impact that money, achievement, and physical possessions ...

Forget the massive life overhauls and toss the idea that you need to change everything once and for all. The truth is that small changes can offer big rewards. Recent research shows that "relatively ...

Are single women happier? As one woman discovered, being alone is definitely not the same as being lonely. On a recent bank holiday, with nothing pressing to do, I baked myself a cake—two cakes, ...

Happiness—in your business life and your personal life—is often a matter of subtraction, not addition. Consider, for example, what happens when you stop doing the following things. People make ...

Last January, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas responded with audible groans when their album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, was awarded Album of the Year at the Grammys. “We didn’t ...

So you blame them for your problems. But you’re also to blame. Maybe you didn’t provide enough training. Maybe you didn’t build in enough of a buffer. Maybe you asked too much, too soon. Taking ...