Happiness encompasses feelings of satisfaction and contentment and the drive to live a life of meaning, purpose, and depth. It involves creating strong relationships and helping others. It requires ...

This question stunned and daunted Nhi Nguyen ’27, one of 15 students in this year’s three-week Sophomore College (SoCo) class called “The Cult of Happiness.” Immersed in Stanford’s “grind” culture of ...

Both clinical wisdom and empirical research agree that the more we fixate on happiness, the more elusive it becomes. In ...

In the Harvard Happiness Study — the landmark research that’s spanned 87 years and is ongoing — the original cohort of men were between the ages of 18 and 21 when the Second World War broke out.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. If you’re looking for happiness—and who isn’t, these days—you ...

Momming is hard, and the challenges continue to change and evolve as their kids grow. It can feel like a constant struggle to keep up with their kids’ lives, and then so many times moms put their well ...

All humans strive to be happy in some form. While there are intriguing variations in what exactly it means to be happy, this tenet is one of the rare human universals, transcending differences in ...

Why are some people happier than others? And how can we improve our quality of life? Those are the two main questions I have been trying to answer for more than a decade. I run the Happiness Research ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Good news: Hustle culture is out, and wellbeing and work life ...

Harvard professor Arthur Brooks emphasized curbing bad spending habits for financial happiness. Brooks noted that rising credit card debt is affecting the financial well-being of many Americans.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Are you a liberal? I mean it not in the modern political ...

What is happiness? Happiness is not just pleasure. We confuse happiness with pleasure. Pleasure comes from the gratification of senses, from material possessions, and even from people. The foundation ...