First, the bad news. If you want to be happier, studies show approximately 50 percent of your happiness set point is ...

When we think about work, we often think about stress, burnout, and overwhelm. And to some extent, that’s normal, says bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks—work isn’t meant to be ...

When we seek happiness, what exactly are we searching for? And when we wish happiness on someone else, what is it that we truly desire for them? Can happiness even be defined or is it an illusion, an ...

There are plenty of theories about the source of happiness. Who doesn’t think they would be happier with more money and success?We talked to happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of ...

Happiness has become a hot topic. In the last several years, dozens of books about how to be happy have hit the market, including The Happiness Project (an Oprah fave) and a re-issue of The Art of ...

There's a lot of advice out there about how to increase the amount of joy in your life. For example, leading happiness researcher and expert Arthur Brooks has 10 tried-and-true ways to be happier, he ...

Time and money typically go hand in hand, but not in a good way. Generally speaking — 4-Hour Workweeks aside — making more money requires putting in more time. Even not true, it’s perceived to be true ...

Most of us have to work, but life is far too short to have so much of it dominated by unhappiness or discontent. So I believe that everyone needs — and deserves — to be happy at work. I'm the CEO of ...

Divorce coach Karen Finn says that divorce can feel like the end of a relationship, but for many people, it's also the beginning of a confusing aftermath. Here are three common patterns that make it ...