If you’re seeking happiness, you may have heard that variety is the spice of life. Interesting data suggests it’s true. When you’re pursuing happiness or figuring out how to be happy, variety can ...

Joshua Forstenzer's work receives funding from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture as part of its Templeton-funded Life Worth Living project (https://lifeworthliving.yale.edu/). He is also a ...

I’ve talked to a former chief of the F.B.I.’s Crisis Negotiation Unit about how to defuse tension during family holidays. Emergency-room doctors about how to avoid accidents. A neuroscientist who ...

One might expect that a book titled How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life would provide helpful hints for achieving economic success. In particular, if one had just a passing acquaintance with Smith’s ...

Running a business takes everything you've got. Most entrepreneurs push themselves to breaking point, skip meals and workouts, and believe the grind equals growth. But science tells us happiness comes ...

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an article about happiness — specifically, the best advice the writer had gathered throughout her years of working in health and wellness. And while I expected a ...

Source: Sebastian Voortman/Pexels When someone asks you your relationship status, do you answer "single" but then add a kicker like "for now" or "but I'm working on it" to make yourself feel better?

One of the biggest challenges is learning how to be happy with yourself. This journey starts and ends with self-love.

If you are a regular reader of this column or have studied the science of happiness elsewhere, you’ll know that getting happier requires three kinds of effort: using your intellect to understand your ...

I've always looked forward to Mother's Day. I embrace it as a useful reminder to pause in the tumult of everyday life, to reflect lovingly and thankfully about my mother — and the mother figures in my ...

A Purdue University study suggests a link between income, emotional well-being and life satisfaction. Nationally, the study found an ideal salary for happiness is between $105,000-95,000. In Arizona, ...