Happiness: that good feeling when you ace a difficult exam or find a friend in the person you’re sitting next to in class. But that’s all it is — a feeling, nothing more. Like all feelings it comes ...

It appears that happiness is found in our experiences. For example, we might desire a particular job, achievement, relationship, possession, or numerous other experiences because we think they will ...

I am feeling good today. This column is being written in real time — I am going to be opening and reading the 2025 World Happiness Report as I write, and I am feeling this great sense of optimism and ...

Happiness is not an emotion, but rather a state of being. If you’re looking for a way to brighten your mood, one of these happiness quotes is sure to do the trick. The pursuit of happiness is one that ...

For more than a decade, Christine Whelan was known around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as the "happiness professor." Now, "happiness" is one of Whelan's least favorite words. Part of it, ...

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 ...

We all want to be happy at work and in our personal lives. But unfortunately, you may be making mistakes that actually undermine your happiness—making you down, depressed, or disheartened in the ...

Happiness is a sense of contentment that everyone strives to achieve in life. The definition of happiness varies from individual to individual, however, the feeling of satisfaction and the gush of ...

A Happiness Museum opened in Denmark’s capital city of Copenhagen, because if not in a Nordic country, where else in the world would it be opened? Denmark, a social democracy that provides free ...