But what a good life looks like and how to create it have been existential questions pondered for millennia by philosophers, some of whom have offered abstract or difficult-to-obtain perspectives on ...

What is a good life, and how can we create it? Forty-plus years of research has pointed to two answers. The first says that a good life is a happy life, one created by pursuing comfort, satisfaction ...

It may not be happy or fulfilling, but it can still be a good life. We all want to experience a "good life." Though we may have different definitions of what this means, it generally includes building ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader with a happy life reveals hidden self-hate, binge eating and lingering trauma despite ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an ...

Many people don’t realize the privileges they take for granted in their adult routines, because they’ve grown up in the same situation for their entire lives. As a study from the Personality and ...

One of the great questions of our lives is "how do I want to live?" Psychological scientists increasingly focus on three different visions of a good life. First, a life of happiness tends to be ...