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 ...

If you are attractive, you are more likely to be happy in life, according to a study by the University of Texas at Austin. Daniel Hamermesh, professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin ...

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, ...

Religious people tend to report more life satisfaction, and a new study explains why. It's not their spirituality, belief in heaven, or even the ritual act of praying or going to a house of worship ...

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 ...

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 ...