Happiness Research

So People With Kids Are Happier After All?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.07.2012

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Lisa Belkin

In marathons as in parenting, it is BECAUSE of the hard parts, rather than in spite of them, that the entire messy, maddening race is worth running.

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Happiness Research Ranks Commuting Low: My Car-free Commute (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

The rewards associated with longer commutes -- a bigger house, a higher salary or better schools -- don't fully compensate for the sacrifices we end up making by working so far from home.

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Want To Be Happier? Pay Attention!

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mindfulness, Happiness, Happiness Focus, Happiness Studies, Happiness Mindfulness, Happiness Attention, Happiness Advice, Happiness Tips, Happiness Presence, Happiness Research, Healthy Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Harvard researchers have found that what matters more is not what people are doing but rather the degree of attention that they are bringing to what they are doing.

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What We Can Learn From Research On Forgiveness And Gratitude

Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D.

Understandings of happiness differ by worldview and faith traditions, cultural contexts and individual characteristics.

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Go to College to Study... Happiness?

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Claudia Ricci

The number of seriously depressed students at the University level is on the rise. It's hard to ignore the pain and anguish on so many of their young faces.

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What Really Makes Us Happy And Healthy

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, John F. Kennedy, Full Sweep of Human Life, Ben Bradlee, Keys to Happiness, Grant Study, Alex Benzer, Harvard Men's Study, Lifelong Study of Happiness, Joshua Wolf Shenk, Harvard Men, George Vaillant, Longitudinal Study of Happiness, Happiness Research, What Makes US Happy, Happiness, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ali Binazir

A few days ago I came across a fantastic article by Joshua Wolf Shenk in the Atlantic Monthly on the Grant Study, the longest longitudinal study of happiness ever conducted.

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