The ‘Dark Side’ of the Pursuit of Happiness

Yale psychologist June Gruber has confirmed the many positive physical, social, and psychological benefits of human happiness. But while working at the ...

Happiness Expert Struggles to Find Satisfaction

Best-selling author Arthur C. Brooks is an expert on happiness research. But he also honestly shares about his own struggle with finding true satisfaction ...

Teen Cannabis Use Causes Later Life Problems

Two researchers from New Zealand set out to study “Cannabis Use and Later Life Outcomes.” They published the results of their research in ...

Stop Swiping, Start Settling

Married people average 30 percentage points more happy than unmarried Americans. So, there’s a lot at stake when one swipes left or right. In an ...

Number One Phrase in Successful Relationships

Psychologists John and Julie Schwartz Gottman write:

While every partnership is unique, with its own set of challenges, there’s one thing that all ...

The Myth of the Perfect Soulmate

The idea that we have the perfect soulmate has proved popular among young adults in the U.S. A 2011 poll found that 73% of Americans believed in a soulmate, ...

Happiness Is Making More Money Than Friends

Maybe money does buy happiness, after all—especially if you can afford more of it than your pals.

That’s according to the findings of a recent ...

Does a Pay Raise Bring Happiness?

Does a pay raise bring happiness? Sometimes it will, but the level of happiness is often tied to how we compare our salaries to others.

According to a ...

Isolated Tribes Find Happiness Beyond Materialism

People living in remote Indigenous communities are as happy as those in wealthy developed countries despite having “very little money,” according ...

The End of Work Spouses and Office Besties

A lot of things about work that we long took for granted have changed for good, as we settle into our remote and hybrid reality. While many of us are ...