Research suggests that being happier may help you avoid developing common chronic diseases. However, the benefits only seem ...

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” ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

According to Tal Ben-Shahar, happiness is a skill you can develop no matter how happy you currently are—a belief conveyed by the title of his new book, Happier. This is a more hopeful notion than, say ...

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 ...