The world's happiest countries have long been researched to uncover the root of their success. Here's how social influences ...

The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human desire. Although happiness is subjective, several countries consistently ...

You may have been optimizing your life for how it looks instead of how it feels. Imperfect Happiness shifts priorities toward ...

Alec Baldwin, Elijah Wood and Darin Olien discuss the meaning of happiness and the upcoming docuseries “A Road Map To Happiness” at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Are you content in your life? Are you satisfied with the circumstances of your life? How can we be content when the world’s circumstance manifests discontentment? Just listen to the world news on TV ...

Have you ever wondered why contentment and happiness are so elusive? “I just want to be happy" is an expectation that teases (or plagues) many people. Most of us expect we can accomplish “happiness” ...

Maybe you can relate. For a long time, I told myself that once I accomplished certain personal and professional goals, then I’d feel happy. “When I land that job, then I’ll be happy.” “When I get the ...

Take care of your health. Regular exercise, a balanced diet and sufficient sleep contribute significantly to your overall ...

“If anything, natural selection kind of doesn’t really care about our happiness that much. I mean, natural selection’s job is just to keep us alive and keep us around to reproduce. And I think it does ...

Many of us spend our lives chasing happiness, believing that this is the key to a fulfilled life. However, human emotions are inherently transient. They’re supposed to change from moment to moment. It ...

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 ...

Winning the lottery may raise your level of happiness for a while, and a tragedy may lower it, but most people will eventually settle back to their baseline after some time. Santos believes, however, ...