You have to keep two things in check, say experts By Jancee Dunn This weekend, my colleagues at The New York Times Magazine are publishing a special issue all about happiness: how to define it, ...

Happiness isn’t a finish line. Learn what science says actually builds well-being and how small, practical shifts can make a ...

All humans strive to be happy in some form. While there are intriguing variations in what exactly it means to be happy, this tenet is one of the rare human universals, transcending differences in ...

Christopher Boyce is affiliated with BiGGAR Economics, an independent economics consultancy, and Health in Mind, a mental health charity. It’s one thing to know what makes people happy, but quite ...

Brooks, a convert to Catholicism and daily Massgoer, asserted that the most important key to happiness is practicing the faith. Friendship adds to our happiness. (photo: Shutterstock) Jack Figge ...

In a playful moment a century ago, the historian Carl Becker pondered this counterfactual: What if Benjamin Franklin, not Thomas Jefferson, had drafted the Declaration of Independence? A scholar of ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. I have heard this statement from thousands of people in my career of teaching and researching ...

Out with the old happy, in with the New Happy. Get good grades in school. Get into a good college. Find a well-paying job. Then live happily ever after, right? This is the formula for success we’ve ...

I wish we lived in a world where everyone would deserve to be happy. But I’ve come to realize that we don’t live in that world. We’re not entitled to happiness. I know for a fact that very few people ...

Cora Fox has received funding from an NEH grant for activities not directly related to this research. “In this year’s issue, we focus on the impact of caring and sharing on people’s happiness,” the ...