When the Harvard Study of Adult Development began in 1938, the world was on the edge of catastrophe. The Great Depression had barely ended. Europe was drifting toward war. Mental health was largely ...

Robert Waldinger is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and professor at Harvard Medical School. He is best known as the current director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the ...

Harvard’s 90-year study finds happiness doesn’t come from money or success but from a few close, reliable relationships, and warns loneliness can be as deadly as smoking. Wealth, fame and success ...

In 1937, a researcher at Harvard University began a study (originally named The Harvard Study of Adult Development) on what factors contribute to human well-being and happiness. The research team ...

One of the world’s leading experts on happiness and wellbeing is coming to Costa Rica, and time is running out to be part of it. Hosted by the University for Peace (UPEACE)—an institution established ...

An 87-year-long Harvard study found that social fitness — maintaining your personal relationships and keeping them in good shape — was the No. 1 thing the happiest, longest-living people have in ...

If your investments are tanking, your debts are soaring and your candidates or causes were routed this week, these may seem like the worst of times. But for students of “positive psychology,” the ...

What feels fulfilling at one stage of life may feel hollow at another. To make sense of these shifts, we need a framework that accounts for who we are, not just what we feel.

Wealth, fame and success still don’t make us happy — but strong relationships do. That has been the consistent message from the Harvard Study of Adult Development — the longest-running scientific ...

Wealth, fame and success still don’t make us happy — but strong relationships do. That has been the consistent message from the Harvard Study of Adult Development — the longest-running scientific ...