Yet, contentment remains elusive. Contentment is the sense that, for now, who we are and what we have is enough (Cordaro et al., 2016). Research connects contentment to greater well-being and ...

Real compassion matters most when life becomes difficult. It is a skill that helps people support one another when hope fades ...

Contentment, that admirable, enviable state: How is it achieved? A few theories: The All-American get-what-you-want theory: Contentment is the state achieved when appetites are satisfied. The Buddhist ...

Many of us are experiencing hardship during the pandemic. This is a time of extreme challenge, and there’s a lot to feel anxious about right now. We’re in the middle of an enormous social experiment, ...

The Taoist teacher Lao Tzu once said, “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Indeed, fostering a ...

Bursts of hyper happiness are great, but they’re not a sustainable path to happiness. Aiming for quiet contentment might be a better route, says Dr Elissa Epel. When we say ‘happiness’, you might ...

Striving for constant contentment is like striving to eat only ice cream; both will leave you feeling miserable. I say this because most of us are striving to be contented. I said most of us because I ...

As the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago once said, “If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?” And, it’s true. By making decisions only after being emotionally and cognitively ...