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After more than 12 years studying the science of happiness, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin has found that money is one of ...

When we learn to talk about our mortality, our remaining years of life can become more meaningful.

Most internet advice will ask you to add more steps into your life. Here are two bulky steps you can delete from your daily routine that have been proven to make your life feel more fulfilling. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Did you know that happiness isn't just about luck or circumstance? Research shows that our habits and ...

Sometimes, the things we can do for our happiness are small and easy: getting a little sun, saying thank you, lending a hand. Other times, they take a little more practice and work. That’s the case ...

Last year, while researching for my book "Healthy to 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives," I visited five of the world's healthiest countries — Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and ...

Arthur Brooks is a professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School and the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a columnist at The Atlantic, ...

Have you ever just left the room after talking with someone, feeling downtrodden and sad, like they just sucked the happiness right out of you? That person might very well be an "energy vampire," who ...

Once considered a mental disorder, today kink is having a moment. Recent movies like Babygirl tell tales of a high-powered woman exploring the world of dominance and submission. In the FX/Hulu series ...

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