The search for happiness can make you unhappy—but there is a research-tested solution.
How to Stop Overthinking Your Happiness
The search for happiness can make you unhappy—but there is a research-tested solution.
Your Happiness Calendar for September 2024
This month, look for reasons to be hopeful.
Is Contentment an Underrated Goal in Life?
A new study suggests that contentment is a positive emotion with some unique benefits for people who seek it.
How Does Your Personality Affect Your Happiness?
Findings from a new study suggest that your personality may have quite a strong influence on your life satisfaction.
Why Are Some People Happy Even as They’re Dying?
Research suggests that people nearing death talk about their experience as more positive than we imagine it would be.
Catch Yourself in a Dream (Encore, The Science of Happiness)
Have you ever known you were dreaming while you were asleep? Our guests try practices to help induce lucid dreams, and we hear what they can teach us…
Happiness Break: Experience Nature Wherever You Are, with Dacher (Encore)
Just a few moments of tuning into nature can make you feel more inspired, connected, and less lonely. Let us guide you through a five-minute noticing…
The Four Freedoms We Want at Work
Thinking about the freedoms people have at work can help address diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns as well as employee well-being.
Why Are Some People Happy Even as They’re Dying?
Research suggests that people nearing death talk about their experience as more positive than we imagine it would be.
How Does Your Personality Affect Your Happiness?
Findings from a new study suggest that your personality may have quite a strong influence on your life satisfaction.
Your Happiness Calendar for September 2024
This month, look for reasons to be hopeful.
Is Contentment an Underrated Goal in Life?
A new study suggests that contentment is a positive emotion with some unique benefits for people who seek it.
Four Lessons from “Inside Out” to Discuss With Kids
The new Pixar film has moved viewers young and old to take a look inside their own minds.
The Four Freedoms We Want at Work
Thinking about the freedoms people have at work can help address diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns as well as employee well-being.
How Everyday Rituals Can Add Meaning to Your Life
A new book illustrates how rituals can improve our lives and relationships, and how to create and recognize your own rituals.
When Are You Sacrificing Too Much in Your Relationship?
Close relationships require sacrifice. Here are seven questions to ask yourself before you give up too much.