A look back at the beginnings of the study of happiness in America helps put today’s obsession with the emotion in useful context. Until the late 1920s, happiness was viewed predominantly as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Focusing on your happiness might seem self-serving, but ...

A decade into the birth of positive psychology, right as the field was bursting with research on human flourishing, psychologist Antonella Delle Fave decided to return to the basics—to the very ...

Eric Zillmer, PsyD, is the Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also the director of The Happiness Lab at Drexel University, which examines what ...

June Gruber’s Science of Happiness course doesn’t map the way to unmitigated joy; on the contrary, the science of emotional wellness is more nuanced, and her students are sharing this message outside ...

The first thing I want to ask professor Eric Zillmer, the director of the Happiness Lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is if he is happy. He is. It helps that we are speaking on a Sunday, his ...

Creating a workplace culture that prioritizes creating happy, fulfilled employees is always a key component in the recipe for ...

Editor’s note: Season 10 of the podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the science of happiness. You can listen to episodes here. (CNN) — Can money buy happiness? It’s an age-old question ...

From a psychological perspective, a single mother often lives in a prolonged state of heightened responsibility. Her nervous system rarely gets full rest because she is the only safety net. This can ...