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Let the silence be full rather than empty. Many people fill silence because it feels like abandonment. A silence in which you ...

Generous paternal leave policies improve health for moms and babies, family finances, and equality at work and at home.

“Adults should take students more seriously, as they have voices and different opinions too” — Middle school student Middle school students in a California school district noticed that their ...

When manhood is an elusive, hard-earned status in a country, people there tend to be less happy and live shorter lives.

Many decision makers are not drawing from the relevant findings in well-being research. Here's how to change that.

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you pause to notice good ...

My 10-year-old son came to me recently with a question about black holes. Not in the way children usually do, restless and easily redirected, but with the focused intensity of someone who had already ...

Job burnout is on the rise, according to several surveys. People are feeling emotionally exhausted, detached from their work and colleagues, and less productive and efficacious. This makes them more ...

Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild, to modern East Asian cultures taking “forest baths,” ...

It may seem that money is a sure path to prestige and happiness. After all, many of our most well-paid citizens are held up as role models of success, leading seemingly perfect, enviable lives. Still, ...