“Happiness is simply not the appropriate response to many situations in life, says Brinkmann, whose Danish bestseller Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze…
“The best predictions are still matters of probability rather than certainty, and to the best of our knowledge every one of us is going to suffer and die. If, then, we cannot…
“it has become increasingly apparent to me that happiness comes from “with” as much as it comes from “within.”…
Happiness is not a solo enterprise and well-being doesn’t occur in a vacuum. We are social creatures and our…
“Of the types of relationships and social ties that spread happiness, the Framingham Heart Study, which tracked individuals from 1983 to 2003, found that mutual friends living within a mile of each other…
“At 7 p.m., around the world, we all feel more or less the same about what we’re doing. That’s the finding from a massive study team, with 33 worldwide collaborators, led by psychologist Esther Guillaume of the University of California at Riverside. Sampling more than…
“This article investigates an age-old, puzzling question: how can a negatively valenced emotion such as sadness go together with aesthetic liking and even pleasure? We propose that…
“The concept is based on the idea that we all have a personal narrative that shapes our view of the world and ourselves. But sometimes our inner voice doesn’t get it completely right. Some researchers believe that by writing and then editing our own stories, we can change…
“Not everyone experiences happiness as a good thing. Some people feel a sense of anxiety or fear when fortune favors them, and that reticence can lead people to suppress positive emotions to an unhealthy degree.”
