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 ...

Is there a secret to living a better and happier life? In The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Robert Waldinger, M.D., and Marc Schultz, Ph.D., co-directors ...

What is a good life? The question has been asked for thousands of years, and there is no shortage of answers. However, in the cultural milieu of ancient Athens more than 2,000 years ago, two ...

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 ...

Are you happy? Is your life meaningful? Most of us intuitively sense that those are not quite the same questions. A person can feel happy, yet adrift, or deeply purposeful, while carrying grief. In ...

What makes a good life? For decades, psychologists have debated whether true fulfillment comes from happiness—a life of comfort and joy—or meaning—a life of purpose and impact. But what if there's a ...

A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive. Many people reading this news may wonder what Caterham’s secret is. While it isn ...

In my new book, The Life Guide for Teens, I provide readers with five keys to a good life, and three important tools to help along their life journey. I explain that while the keys are very helpful ...

In the debut episode of The Permanent Questions With David Brooks, David speaks with the philosopher Meghan Sullivan about perhaps the most important question of them all: How should we live our lives ...