A Counterintuitive Way to Cheer Up When You’re Down
When you most need to get happier, try giving happiness away.
How to Build A Life
A column about pointing yourself toward happiness
Go Ahead and Fail
Perfectionism can make you miserable. Here’s how you can muster the courage to mess up.
What You Gain When You Give Things Up
Voluntarily sacrificing pleasurable things resets your senses and makes you master of yourself.
The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest
When it comes to lasting romance, passion has nothing on friendship.
The Subtle Mindset Shift That Could Radically Change the Way You See the World
The Dalai Lama teaches that we are all interconnected and inseparable from one another. Acknowledging that can make us less lonely, more compassionate, and better investigators of the truth.
There Are Two Kinds of Happy People
Some of us strive for a virtuous life. Others strive for a pleasant one. We could all use a better balance.
Stop Keeping Score
She who dies with the most checked boxes wins, right? Wrong.
Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.
If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.
New Year’s Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness
Set goals to improve your well-being—not your wallet or your waistline.
Don’t Isolate Yourself This Holiday Season
The pandemic makes it dangerous to gather in person, but for the sake of your well-being, find connection however you can.