WENT WRONG LATER IN SPORTS NEW TONIGHT, THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT SHOWS THAT THE U.S. HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE TOP 20 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2012. HAPPINESS FELL SHARPLY ...

There's a scientific way to improve your happiness from day to day. In 2014, psychologists at the University of California set out to answer a bold question: Can happiness be taught? Their answer came ...

Laurie Santos, the happiness professor, takes her own advice to fight burnout. Laurie Santos, the happiness professor, takes ...

We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practising, a first-of-its-kind study has revealed. The team behind the University of Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course had ...

I was discouraged. For nearly three decades, as a clinical psychologist, I trained mental health professionals on suicide assessment. The work was good but difficult. All the while, I watched in ...

What does it mean to be happy? Not just satisfied or content or joyful — but to be truly, blissfully happy? Sometimes, happiness feels as elusive as a magic lamp, especially when we’re in the midst of ...

A happy person on a beach. Source: Fuu J / Upslash As a psychology professor, I teach a large undergraduate course called The Science of Happiness. I lecture about how positive psychology—the study of ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Yale Professor Laurie Santos, author of “Thriving Through Crisis: How to Foster Happiness When the World Feels Overwhelming,” 7:30 p.m. at UCSB Campbell Hall, Wednesday, ...

Did you know that happiness skills can be taught? According to research by psychologist Sonia Lyubomirsky in her book The How of Happiness, while about 60% of happiness is a product of genetics or ...

John Sommers-Flanagan receives funding from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. I was discouraged. For nearly three decades, as a clinical psychologist, I trained mental health professionals on ...