These days, there's a lot of chatter about genuine contentment versus simply the appearance of happiness. "Instagram vs. reality" has even become a popular social media caption and theme, with some ...

Happiness isn’t just about luck—it’s a mindset. The people who are truly happy and feel fully alive don’t wait for life to hand them joy on a silver platter. Instead, they live by a set of beliefs ...

Can you be wrong about whether you are happy? This seems a silly question. If you feel happy, you are happy. If you don’t feel happy, you’re not. That’s what happiness means. There is no objective ...

You may think that happiness is the ultimate goal, but research shows otherwise. Here's why the happiest people may not always get ahead in every area of life. Many of us today are doing our best to ...

Some months ago, my husband and my granddaughter Malia were having a great time together even though they live 400 miles apart. They were on their respective iPhones, “FaceTiming,” as they planned his ...