Sonja Lyubomirsky has spent decades studying the science of happiness. Here are the daily strategies she finds most effective ...

Clinical studies have proven that you can increase your happiness by spending money on these specific purchases. When I was ...

Despite a culture full of wellness influencers with their happiness hacks and mind-set tricks, all of the indicators show that we Americans are less happy than ever. It’s as if the more energy we ...

A recent study suggests that “happiness maximization,” when people idealize attaining maximum levels of happiness, is more ...

Experts from the University of Oxford surveyed 80,000 people in 76 countries about their happiness and life satisfaction. The ...

What’s that saying about how money can’t buy happiness? New York Times bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks ...

The pursuit of happiness appears as a cultural mandate. It helps to pause and consider what it is, and whether there is an ...

A new study shows that the causes of personal happiness vary considerably from person to person and that one size will not fit all when considering policies to improve happiness and wellbeing across ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Focusing on your happiness might seem self-serving, but ...

It’s World Happiness Day, otherwise known as International Day of Happiness, but if you’re not feeling the love, you’re not alone. Many Americans aren’t that happy, according to the World Happiness ...

Sometimes, ideas become accepted knowledge even though they are not based in fact. Prime examples are that the only human-made object that can be seen from space is the Great Wall of China, that ...