happiness
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In a culture driven by outrage and constant alerts, play may be the simplest way to reclaim focus, resilience, and human connection.
New evidence suggests that adults never outgrow the need for play, but we definitely do forget how to make room for it.
Timm Chiusano was having one of the worst days of his career when he found himself inexplicably fascinated by a mundane part of the world on his walk home. That moment sparked a life-changing realization: he was addicted to appreciation, and it was actually his superpower. He shares a disarmingly simple practice that will make you happier, more present and better equipped to navigate your most challenging days.
The timeless wisdom of Taoism provides enduring guidance for modern individuals seeking ways to live without stress, stay healthy, and achieve happiness.
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
Neuroscientists find people who don’t enjoy music, study their brain activity.
At the heart of surfing, whether you’re a kook or a famous charger, is the pursuit of moments so pure they clean you out
It turns out that being charming has a happy mean.
Why it’s impossible to always be happy.
To feel good, do good.
Counting our blessings is an age-old piece of advice – but it turns out that writing lists of good things that happen to us actually does help improve our mood.
After a while, even the most exciting relationships, jobs and environments lose their spark. But cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot says it's possible to fall back in love with life's small joys.
Mo Gawdat says it took him much longer to find happiness than it did for him to find success, so he hacked it for everyone else.
“Without unhappiness, you wouldn’t survive, learn, or come up with a good idea,” points out Harvard professor Arthur C Brooks.
The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.
Being ‘good’ need not take years of ethical analysis: just a few moments of gratitude can set you on the path to virtue
What makes people happy? A huge database is making it possible to discern the answer at last.
Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the trend, it might have an outsized impact on their future.