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Caring for Others Can Bring Benefits
Accumulating evidence suggests that providing social support for others can benefit caregivers, boosting feelings of social connection.
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Love Culture: What It Takes to Create a Happy Workplace
Knowledge@Wharton: Knowledge@Wharton: Your study focused on an interesting environment, which was firehouses and firemen. Why did you pick firemen? What you were looking at, and what you were trying to find? Nancy Rothbard: Mandy and
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Why Mind Wandering Can Be So Miserable, According to Happiness Experts
Smithsonian: For you, it could be the drive home on the freeway in stop-and-go traffic, a run without headphones or the time it takes to brush your teeth. It’s the place where you’re completely alone
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We aren’t meant to be happy all the time—and that’s a good thing
Quartz: In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology research and theory. It continued a trend that
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A Happy Spouse May Be Good for Your Health
The New York Times: A happy spouse may be good for your health. Previous studies have found that mental well-being — feeling happy and satisfied — is closely linked to good physical health. But a
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A Harvard psychologist explains why forcing positive thinking won’t make you happy
The Washington Post: All people, at times, fill up with grief, spill over with joy, or tremble with anger. Most of us are taught early on to manage these emotions by sharing and reveling in
