It's time to broaden our definition of joy and ensure that autistic individuals are included in the pursuit of happiness.

We live in a happiness-obsessed world. Self-help gurus promise paths to bliss, Instagram influencers peddle happiness as a lifestyle, and corporations build marketing campaigns around the pursuit of ...

Happiness is an electrifying and elusive state. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and even economists have long sought to define it. And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology ...

Kaczor: Positive psychology is not a self-help-y, feel-good fad, but a scientific endeavor to determine what what does and does not increase happiness. Positive psychologists test potential ...

Self-sabotage is a protective mechanism that “shields” us from situations that we deem risky and could cause us future pain.

Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky at the University of California, Riverside, reviewed countless studies on happiness and the psychology of happiness and learned that happiness is not a reward for success.

that is the finding of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough in Canada and published in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. The study reveals the ...

If you want to be happier (and who doesn't?) put down roots in these cities, recently named the happiest places to live in ...

Trying to be happier is mentally draining and weakens self-control. Instead of chasing happiness, appreciating what you have ...

Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and the Athletic Director Emeritus (1998-2021) at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he teaches among other courses, The ...