Happiness Definition | What Is Happiness - Greater Good
Dec 17, 2012 · Coming up with a formal definition of happiness can be tricky. After all, shouldn’t we just know it when we feel it? In fact, we often use the term to describe a range of positive …
Happiness | Greater Good
Dec 8, 2025 · Coming up with a formal definition of happiness can be tricky. After all, shouldn’t we just know it when we feel it? In fact, we often use the term to describe a range of positive …
How Does Retirement Affect Our Health and Happiness?
Jul 30, 2025 · A review of research investigated how mental health and physical activity change in retirees around the world.
Your Happiness & Forgiveness Calendar for July 2025 - Greater Good
Jun 30, 2025 · Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we’re offering a special Happiness & Forgiveness Calendar —and we hope it helps you consider forgiveness.
World Happiness Report Highlights the Importance of…
Mar 20, 2025 · The happiest and helpiest countries In addition to the overall rankings, this year’s World Happiness Report also ranked countries in six other categories related to kindness and generosity. …
The Economics of Happiness - Greater Good
Jul 20, 2010 · The happiness numbers for homeless people in Calcutta, India, for example, are among the lowest ever recorded. But, according to research by psychologists Robert Biswas-Diener and Ed …
Happiness Break: A Meditation for When You Feel Uneasy
Aug 21, 2025 · Happiness Break: A Meditation for When You Feel Uneasy August 21, 2025 | 8:11 In this guided meditation with poet and teacher Henry Shukman, learn how allowing discomfort, rather than …
Is a Happy Life Different from a Meaningful One? - Greater Good
Feb 25, 2014 · A scientific controversy about the relationship between meaning and happiness raises fundamental questions about how to live a good life.
What Role Does Pleasure Play in Happiness? - Greater Good
Jan 27, 2025 · Happiness is multifaceted, and we should be wary of discounting pleasure and enjoyment as shallow or self-indulgent.
Can Money Buy Happiness? It Depends on Why You’re…
May 8, 2023 · Can Money Buy Happiness? It Depends on Why You’re Spending It According to new research, our purchases may make us happier when they're motivated by goals we care about.