Guest columnist Nicole Schwartz is a senior psychology major and neuroscience minor at Baldwin Wallace University. After exploring the meaning of happiness in her last semester with Professor Jen ...

Many people want to experience a sense of meaning as part of living a fulfilling life. But what brings us meaning, as opposed to just happiness? A new study aimed to help answer this question. In the ...

What's your definition of happiness? Research in the field of positive psychology often defines a happy person as someone who experiences frequent positive emotions, such as joy, interest, and pride, ...

There is a Chinese saying that goes: “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go ...

While Facebook and Instagram feeds overflow with #blessed hashtags and motivational quotes about choosing joy, significant research suggests that our cultural obsession with happiness could be making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If anyone knows the secret to happiness, it’s surely the people who have dedicated their careers to studying it. The first thing ...

Harvard professor and "How to Build a Life" columnist Arthur C. Brooks answers the internet's burning questions about "happiness." Does anyone else feel depression after completing a goal? Can social ...

For the seventh year running, the Finns have taken the top spot as the world’s happiest people. That’s according to the 2024 World Happiness Report, released March 20. Per usual, the remaining Nordic ...