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” ...

Money can do a lot of things; one of the most important is create choices. But after a certain point, more money doesn’t make people happier. According to a 2010 study by two Princeton University ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk into a store and buy lifelong happiness? The idea’s not as fanciful as it sounds—as long as whatever you buy is meant for someone else. Two recent studies ...

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, ...

Many of us get to travel this summer, and this often means we get to experience the most awesome parts of our planet. Maybe we’ll spend time at a beautiful beach, maybe we’ll be in awe of nature’s ...