It feels so good to be happy — when everything in life is going right, you’re laughing with friends, embracing a loved one or savoring success. But happiness is elusive for many people. There’s been a ...

Tender Tips is a new advice column by Jemima Kirke, dishing out unfiltered guidance on everything from love and sex to all the messy moments in between. This month, she’s answering reader questions ...

Local podcaster and Mental Fitness Coach Todd Sylvester joined us this morning with much-needed advice for those struggling with addiction, anxiety, ...

How do you find happiness in your Second Act? That was the question author Gretchen Rubin was determined to find an answer to in her new book, Secrets of Adulthood The writer became a happiness expert ...

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 ...

In the Harvard Happiness Study — the landmark research that’s spanned 87 years and is ongoing — the original cohort of men were between the ages of 18 and 21 when the Second World War broke out.

For decades, researchers and philosophers have suggested two answers to a lived well lived: happiness and meaning, according ...

What is happiness? Is it feeling good all the time? Having a sunny disposition? Feeling like you are where you want to be in life? Instead, Rubin says to ask yourself: "Will this make me happier?" ...

Leading happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks has a lot of knowledge about how to improve your well-being and outlook on life. In addition to his happiness course at Harvard University, Brooks shares many ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. I do a lot of public speaking for business leaders about ...

When life gets complicated, our instincts often lead us down the wrong path. We isolate ourselves when community could heal us, or we dream of endless free time when a new challenge could fulfill us.

We’ve been sold a lie about happiness. Self-help books, motivational speakers, and social media influencers tell us that we can—and should—strive for ultimate happiness, that elusive “10 out of 10” ...