AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan long ago dispensed with the notion of gross national product as a gauge of well-being. The king decreed that his people would aspire to ...

New research suggests you don’t need relentless positivity to benefit your body. Here’s how a surprisingly small dose of happiness could make a measurable difference to your health.

Texas is the 39th happiest state in the nation, a study released Tuesday by WalletHub found. To determine which were the happiest, WalletHub examined the 50 states across three areas: emotional and ...

Ha Vinh, the former program director of the Gross National Happiness Center, debuts with a novel program on how to build happier communities, offering a “step-by-step approach to cultivating and ...

New research from the University of Eastern Finland identifies three main dimensions in perceived happiness associated with Finnish forests: a bond to natural-like forests, happiness coming from ...