Throughout our lives, everyone is searching for happiness in one way or another. While happiness looks different for everyone — for some, it means building a family, for others, reaching the top of ...

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 ...

With all the advice on how to be happy, why are so many people still unhappy? Years of unlearning have taught me that opportunity exists in the path least traveled. To find success, follow the crowd … ...

The increasingly materialistic society we live in has led many of us to believe that happiness is something to be chased, to obtain. The ultimate end goal that leads to everlasting bliss and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

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