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Pets bring health, happiness and healing May 27th, 2009 Doctors may soon be prescribing their patients a script to adopt a cat or dog, given a recent study found an estimated $3.86 billion was saved on health spending in Australia, due to the benefits of pet...

Why does happiness elude modern women? By: Meghan Cox Gurdon Examiner Columnist | 5/27/09 5:56 PM Over the last four decades, American women have got almost everything the feminist movement promised. Lucky us! Are we happy now? No, we are not. All across the industrialized...

I love reading and I'm always struggling with what to read next, because there are so many great novels and books I'd love to devour. Lately, I've been going through a massive re-reading phase by which I mean I've been re-reading some of my...

Everyone wants to be happy -- or at least says they do -- but they're not always sure how to do it. The good news is that the latest research indicates we can choose to increase our level of happiness rather than being dependent on...

Looks, Money, Fame Don't Bring Happiness 05.22.09, 04:00 PM EDT Study finds reaching more intrinsic goals is what leads to well-being FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Having lots of money, good looks and fame may sound like a sure ticket to happiness, but a new study...

Rightness or victory and happiness are not always mutually exclusive. In fact, I would suggest that "doing the right thing" is ultimately the path to long term happiness and satisfaction. Yet there are times when we might need to choose between being right and...

by Richard Florida Over the past week, I've discussed the role of class in economic performance, innovation, and entrepreneurship. But what about happiness? There is considerable debate over the happiness of nations. The Easterlin paradox suggests that there is little or no relationship between a country's...