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10 Keys to a Happier Life
What are the daily habits of truly happy people? And how can we incorporate these habits into our daily lives? Action for Happiness—a movement dedicated to helping people ex…
3 Best Practices for Future Happiness
“We all want our future self to be happy, so we ask: ‘What can I do to relieve this person’s suffering?’
3 Keys to Unlock the Genetic Switch of Your Stress Response
The pinging phone, back to back meetings, rush hour traffic; most of us get a little on edge when we are face to face with high stress situations. We also probably know people who …
3 Out-of-the-Box Resolutions for 2016
The turn of the calendar from one year to the next invariable leads toward a yearning to live our lives in new and more healthful ways. Losing weight may top the charts as a New Ye…
3 TED Talks: What Makes Us Happy?
What is it that makes us happy? We’re told that money that doesn’t buy it, or success, or even love. Can happiness be created, or must it be discovered? Does the path to a happy li…
5 Misconceptions About Happiness That Are Hurting Us
Assuming it’s the only way to find joy is just one of the misconceptions we have about happiness.
5 Questions for Emma Seppälä
Researcher (and new S&H columnist) Emma Seppala, unpacks the latest studies on happiness and offers a new way forward in her new book The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Scie…
5 Questions for Gretchen Rubin
Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin on her new book and what makes her happy.
5 Questions with Tal Ben-Shahar
1. You created the most popular course in the history of Harvard, and yet in Short Cuts to Happiness you talk about lessons you learned from your barber. Why? I learned that whe…
5 Ways to Feel More Love in Your Everyday Life
New research says that feeling even brief moments of love throughout your day can boost health and happiness.
6 Secrets of Happy Relationships
Before the battles begin, we start out believing that being with this person will make us happy. Ironically, that’s the critical mistake…
7 Ways to Make Happiness Last
As a surgeon I have used the word “cancer” — the C-word — thousands of times in my life. I have spent my entire professional life researching it, trying to find ways to resect it, …
9 Keys to Lasting Happiness
According to the ancient philosophy of the Vedanta, there are two types of happiness. The first comes from things turning out the way we’d like them to, i.e. getting what we want. …
A Dance for Life
Tango is often thought of as a sultry dance for the young and flexible. New research shows that this passionate form of movement offers mighty benefits for all ages—backbending not…
