Being carefree is a state of mind that you can create any time. If we wait for the state of carefree-ness to just happen, it likely won't.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
In the course of our research for Find Your Strongest Life, we interviewed many women who had created a fulfilling, satisfying life. Here are four of the most distinctive pieces of advice that were shared.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living
We interviewed women who had bucked the "happiness decline" and who were living lives in which they looked forward to the day ahead, they frequently got so caught up in what they were doing that they lost track of time.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living
To those of you reading this and thinking "I can be happier. I want to be happier in my life," here's the prescription.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
If you find it hard to relate to the gradual decline in women's happiness, if you always feel focused and successful, well done to you. Just know that, in aggregate, the next generation of women doesn't feel as you do.
Marcus Buckingham | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Over the last 40 years or so, life is not trending toward more fulfillment for women; life is, in most ways we can measure, becoming more draining instead.
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Various studies show that an optimistic mindset will lift your mood and might add years to your life. But how do you look on the bright side when life is really bleak?
Todd Bottorff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living
The biggest impact on our happiness begins with the difference between thinking about it and doing something (which is a step that most people never take).
Maria Rodale | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living
A new study shows that people are happier and more resilient when they enjoy micro moments of positive emotions in their lives.
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style
"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?
Grande Lum | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
See yourself doing well. Separate that from what the other person has done or will do. Picture success as it relates to you, your body language, volume, tone and words.
Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Did the bottom falling out of the economy make us reconsider our priorities? Is happiness the new way we keep score?
The Atlantic | Joshua Wolf Shenk | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living
Is there a formula -- some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation -- for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living
What really emerged for everyone was the awareness that their true happiness lies within themselves, that it is not dependent on someone or something outside of them.
Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living
Today's Inspirational Luminary, Marci Shimoff, wasn't born with a naturally happy disposition, but she was born with the happiest man in the world as her father, and an insatiable curiosity.
Anne Dunev | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
We can be a big influence on each other's health. A warm smile, a greeting, a hug to a dear one, can brighten anyone's life -- and may have more of a therapeutic effect than you realize.
Therese Borchard | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living
We've officially entered the hard months, the "dark ages" as the midshipmen at the Naval Academy say: the time of the year when the sun disappears and...
TEDTalks | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living
Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research.
AlterNet | Jen Angel | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living
In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy...
Oprah.com | Gabrielle LeBlanc | Posted 10.05.2008 | Living
Sages going back to Socrates have offered advice on how to be happy, but only now are scientists beginning to address this question with systematic, c...
AFP | Claire Rosemberg | Posted 09.14.2008 | Living
Keep humming "Don't Worry Be Happy". The 1980s New Age-inspired hit got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life. "Happ...
Karen Salmansohn | Posted 09.08.2008 | Living
As we all know, the truest life theories are the ones which can withstand the test of time. And so I wanted to re-explore "happiness tips" from famous...
Rick Foster | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living
In 2000 more than 50 million Americans had tried Prozac or some other form of mood-enhancing medication. Why? 9/11 hadn't happened; Al Qaeda was mos...
Roger Fransecky | Posted 07.27.2008 | Living
Are you happy? Would you know if you were? Has your definition of happiness changed as you've grown older and more successful? Is it about accumulat...
Men's Health | Joan Borysenko, PhD | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living
I was sitting in front of the lush, flower-draped altar a few months ago when my youngest son, Andrei, married Nadia, the woman of his dreams. Mine,...
Karen Luniw | Posted 10.21.2009 | Style