In our rapidly moving, highly connected contemporary world, discovering happiness can frequently seem like pursuing an ...

“If we're to be happy at all, it has to be found outside of this notion of pleasure. We have to step beyond hedonia. But the problem is that we risk going too far.” My husband and I follow the ...

But the Stoics were very interested in the pursuit of things like happiness and success; they merely pursued them in different ways than most. With a few simple changes in perspective and behavior ...

A new philosophy course, Philosophy of Happiness (PP103), has finished its first-ever semester at Wilfrid Laurier University ...

Every time the new year rolls around, I am fascinated anew by our species-wide obsession with personal happiness. As we change calendars the prophets of personal fulfilment emerge, like clockwork, to ...

Happiness is a feeling that is hard to quantify ... “Ikigai is a word that means purpose, or your reason for being. It’s a Japanese philosophy, or way of life. Its the thing in our life ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Oliver Burkeman, the author of "The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking," explains his view on modern self-help philosophy and the need ...

Brooks, and Kate Julian, as well as foremost experts in the fields of happiness, social science, and philosophy. Come and experience The Atlantic’s singular journalism, brought to life at a ...