Life is really just a whole bunch of "right now" moments strung together. If this moment is not what we want, and we constantly find ourselves waiting for a better future -- minutes or years from now -- then we're really just accepting our own unhappiness all the time.

If you feel insecure in your friendships, I've got news for you: You're not alone...

If you consistently do things in your life that help you and others achieve goals, then your journey is a happy one. And over time, you will find that you rise to a position of power within your network. And that makes you happy as well.

Like an addiction to drugs or alcohol, food addicts will struggle to simply stop their addictive behavior, even when the behavior leads to weight gain, or damages relationships.

When we are stuck in safety, we confuse the fatigue of simultaneously trying for and resisting our goals with the energy and effort that would otherwise be going powerfully toward achieving them.

Now, it's perfectly normal to gain recognition and satisfaction from being the only one who can solve a particular problem, but when the joy of the recognition quickly fades into resentment, stress or overwhelm, sorry -- you've become the hero at a great cost.

Instead of panicking about a state you have not yet achieved, I urge you to live in the magic of the moment. Do not let thoughts about where you could have been, should have been, or need to be dominate your psyche.

This Valentine's Day, go ahead and make use of the latest technology when looking for love. But do so with the realistic expectation that finding that special someone doesn't magically (or scientifically) get easier simply because you're online.

A passion doesn't just plug you into a dependable source of rhapsodic moments each week, it also provides the best kind of happiness: gratification, a lasting sense of fulfillment that the instant mood upgrades can't.

When we're living fully, what we feel is engaged and immersed, challenged and focused, curious and passionate. Happiness -- or more specifically, satisfaction -- is something we mostly feel retrospectively.

Is that screen and keyboard often in your hand the greatest personal and professional tool ever, or is it the devil's device, insidiously sucking the time out of your life and the life out of your soul?

Can you remember the last time you completely lost track of time because you were so engrossed in what you were doing or when time seemed to literally just slow down?

But I think it's more than just the pills and the lubricants that make sex in our second half such a wonderful activity. Our Elders have finally figured it out--and they're having the best sex of their lives.

New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average....

One of the most useful things we can learn as we grow up (at any age) is that moods aren't personal. First of all, they are involuntary. No one I know decides they will be in a bad mood

Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids. A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier...

If we cannot change our activities, we can at least try to change our attitude toward them.