The other day, I was watching a reality TV show with my wife and son. I guess you could describe the show as a modern-day version of “The Dating Game”. In that 1970s show, one good-looking person ...

We learn to run, read and count. We learn foreign languages, dance steps and new systems needed for work. We learn all our lives. It's all true. But can we learn that we want to be happy? As it turns ...

Some people are afraid to be happy. It isn’t that they don’t want to be happy or that they enjoy being unhappy. They have come to feel that being happy will come at a price or will be followed by ...

In the past 12 months, just over 27,000 people a month have searched the phrase "how to be happy," according to Conductor Searchlight. A spoiler alert before you read this article: We don't have the ...

Motherhood is helping Chrissy Teigen come to terms with her body. The 33-year-old Lip Sync Battle star — who shares daughter Luna Simone, 2½, and son Miles Theodore, 7 months, with husband John Legend ...

Focusing on self-care and enjoyable activities may help people to feel happy alone. Some people may feel content on their own, while others may find it difficult to feel happy. Being alone is not the ...

As I listened to the speakers at our granddaughter’s graduation recently, I wondered what I would talk about if I were speaking at a high school or college commencement. After the second or third ...

Growing up in a negative home can paralyze you in adulthood. When you see a marriage where one or both people are depressed or anxious, and there is limited joy, you do not learn to associate ...

As it turns out, yes. According to scientists, luckily you don't have to wait - you can train it. With each passing year, the science of human mental well-being is developing faster and faster.