Tag: Happiness

The good news is that we can all improve our levels of happiness with daily practice

Even though it seems that consumption is not synonymous with happiness it is not quite as straightforward as that

  Parenting & Love

I’ve spent years studying happiness – here’s what actually makes for a happier life   

Finns have good schools, public transport, and the difference between the highest- and lowest-paid is quite small. These are factors in high levels of happiness

Encounter

Trust in others in society plays a large role in what makes people there – and elsewhere – happy

On World Kindness Day, a scholar of Buddhist studies explains its idea of compassion and the diverse ways to think about and express kindness

Tipping the scales away from work may not be the wisest way to recalibrate your work-life balance

By Dr R. Neerunjun Gopee

Contentment has the potential to serve as a robust foundation upon which episodes of joy and pleasure can be experienced and cherished.

GDP only measures economic growth – not inequality, poverty or unpaid work like elder care. So, researchers in the Netherlands developed a new way for governments to see

  The brain is surprisingly changeable

  By exclusively focusing on the things we think will make us happy, we blind ourselves to the other things in life that matter

  By Frank T. McAndrew