True happiness doesn't come from controlling everything around you — it comes from mastering what you give your energy to.

After tracking lives for more than eight decades, researchers reached a surprisingly simple conclusion: happiness isn't built ...

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” Is that pearl of wisdom from a psychiatrist or social worker? No, it’s from a man born in poverty and who was largely ...

American naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau put our time in perspective more than a century and a half ago. “Happiness,” he said, “is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it ...

Happiness is not something you earn after you finally fix everything. It’s something you practice while you’re fixing things.

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 ...

Shocking truths about achieving bliss. Sept. 9, 2013— -- intro: A few things—like chocolate, chick flicks, and clean sheets—are almost guaranteed to boost your mood. But when it comes to ...

There’s a funny truth about happiness — the more you chase it, the harder it seems to be to grasp. Go ahead and take a whack at it yourself: Define happiness. I’ll give you a beat. What did you come ...

You are standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon, its vast expanse stretching before you. The sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink. Beside you, your daughter gazes ...

Happiness is defined differently depending on who you ask. Some people define happiness as a positive emotional experience. Others define happiness as having two parts called hedonia (pleasure) and ...