If you’re looking for happiness—and who isn’t, these days—you may be most successful by creating experiences that are based on your generation. A new survey finds there are significant differences in ...

Focusing on self-care and enjoyable activities may help people to feel happy alone. Some people may feel content on their own, while others may find it difficult to feel happy. Being alone is not the ...

If you’re seeking happiness, you may have heard that variety is the spice of life. Interesting data suggests it’s true. When you’re pursuing happiness or figuring out how to be happy, variety can ...

In the past 12 months, just over 27,000 people a month have searched the phrase "how to be happy," according to Conductor Searchlight. A spoiler alert before you read this article: We don't have the ...

Regardless of someone’s personal definition of happiness, research suggests that some adjustments to a person’s habits and outlook may improve their sense of well-being and mental health in both the ...

Finding happiness, joy, and satisfaction in your life is important. When you look around at other people, you’ll see that they differ in how often they seem to be happy. Indeed, a significant amount ...

People often ask me: "What can I do to boost my happiness?" I tell them that there are tons of things you can do, and even though I've written a book about how to increase happiness now, in the ...

If there is one thing that people across nationalities and political views can agree on, it’s that they want to be happy. One survey of 48 countries found that residents of every single country wanted ...

In many ways, I feel like we shouldn’t be happy with what we have. We live in a world of tremendous inequality and cruelty, running towards an environmental wall. Not just that, but some of the best ...

I’ve talked to a former chief of the F.B.I.’s Crisis Negotiation Unit about how to defuse tension during family holidays. Emergency-room doctors about how to avoid accidents. A neuroscientist who ...

Next to one’s birthday, the passing of the calendar year induces us to reflect on the march of time in our life. This is not a welcome subject for many—which is perhaps why a lot of people simply ...