"Look at my new bike, Mom," said the young boy. Ralph had long wanted a new bike. He was so happy, he could scarcely contain his emotions. "Wow, life is wonderful, I'm so thrilled I could die," he ...

I want something better than happiness for you. Happiness will not last or even be guaranteed. I want you to have joy. The difference between joy and happiness has been on my mind lately. As my life ...

There is a lot of talk about happiness. Books, media, and speakers focus on happiness. Many claim it is our fundamental right to be happy, though I’m not sure why they believe so. Happiness is a ...

"It made me reflect on the disconnect between that perception and what I actually experienced growing up," Fiori Mekonnen ...

Many speak of happiness and meaningfulness interchangeably, identifying happy lives with meaningful lives. However, as Thaddeus Metz of the University of Pretoria clarifies in his paper “Happiness and ...

Author Arthur Brooks brings along counterintuitive ideas about happiness as a habit, the difference between joy and happiness, public vs. anonymous philanthropy, and how the pursuit of money can ...

A new study finds that happiness and sex are tied together. But is there a difference between men and women? Source: Photo by Dainis Graveris on Unsplash Some people say happiness is a factor of ...

On Monday I was honored to speak to the graduating students at Arizona State University. It was an intimidating occasion. ASU is the most innovative university in the world. Plus, there were 35,000 ...