All of us have had memorable days in our lives. Maybe it was the day you married, had your children, graduated from college, or got your first job. Those occasions stand out in our memories. Other ...

Conventional wisdom — and at least one study — says people typically experience an inverted U-shaped happiness curve. Starting at age 18 your happiness level begins to decrease until you reach peak ...

You graduated! You retired! You had your dream wedding! And now you feel—pretty awful, actually. Tal Ben-Shahar, author and psychology lecturer at Harvard University, coined this let-down feeling that ...