Happiness has become a cultural obsession, yet even as we pursue it more intentionally, many people report feeling ...

Michael Phelps, left, Mathilde Gremaud, center, and Scottie Scheffler have all wrestled with how they've felt after experiencing success. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Jed Jacobsohn, ...

The way you view happiness influences the way you experience it. Here’s how having less can actually make you more happy. Both clinical wisdom and empirical research agree that the more we fixate on ...

I remember exactly where I was when I noticed it. A perfect afternoon. Sun through the windows, the right people around the ...

Happiness is defined as “a state of well-being and contentment.” It is a feeling we often chase. It is as if we think that by obtaining happiness, our lives will be much better, not always realizing ...

Recently, I was having dinner with a group of friends who also work in mental health when the conversation turned to happiness. What stood out wasn’t that everyone wanted to be happier, but how ...

If your investments are tanking, your debts are soaring and your candidates or causes were routed this week, these may seem like the worst of times. But for students of “positive psychology,” the ...

International Day of Happiness 2026 highlights mental peace in a stress-filled world, urging compassion, connection, and mindful living through its theme “Caring and Sharing” amid rising global ...