One of the great joys of my life is that I get to spend time with some of the world's foremost experts and builders and call it work....

For many people, retirement planning is all about money: how to invest, how much to save , when to claim Social Security , how to best...

The former N.F.L. player has been living with A.L.S. for more than a decade. Sharing "the most lacerating and vulnerable times" in "A...

Why it’s so hard to answer the question  What makes us happiest? Loneliness is most common among Americas who identify as bisexual and...

Why it’s so hard to answer the question  What makes us happiest? After writing about how and why Americans are depressed, I thought I’d...

Is there a secret to living a better and happier life? In  The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness...

In his mid-30s, Sammi Gale feared losing his best friend Billy. So he suggested something radical: seeing a professional to save their...

Symposium examines science, outlines opportunities to tackle mental health crisis Arthur Brooks likes to give students in his popular...

Dr. Robert Waldinger offers five ways to keep our connection alive in this time of separation. Picture the Buddha teaching on Zoom. He...

Buddhism, psychology, and life experience all agree on one point, says Zen priest and psychiatrist Robert Waldinger: a larger, more...

By Robert Waldinger As a Buddhist teacher, psychiatrist, and leading researcher, Dr. Robert Waldinger studies life from three very...

Each year we review hundreds of newly published books in the behavioral sciences with the same goal in mind: to select those that stretch...

In 1938, Harvard researchers embarked on a  decades-long study  to find out: What  makes us happy  in life? The researchers gathered...

The longest study ever conducted on human happiness has revealed some fascinating insights about what really leads to health and...

Harvard study director Robert Waldinger provides the data-backed answer to what makes people live happier and longer lives and shares the...

For 84 years, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has tracked the lives of hundreds of Americans. Now its director, Robert Waldinger,...

A new book summarizes the findings from a famous happiness study that began in the 1930s—and explains how you can be happier. What makes...

The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is,...

When scientists began tracking the health of 268 Harvard sophomores in 1938 during the Great Depression, they hoped the longitudinal...

About $75,000, It Turns Out. “If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting...