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 ...

How does one live a good life? That is the question that Christine Whelan, Ph.D., the student-named “Purpose Professor” at Emory University, pursues in her research. More specifically, as she shared ...

A group-oriented nature makes people more likely to be satisfied at an 80 percent level of happiness. Their wider perspective may lead them to feel just enough happiness and not more than they need to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — While my colleagues enlisted in the social media wars of the last 15 years, I’ve played the conscientious objector. Many of them have built big online brands with a schedule of posting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stephen Batchelor, a teacher and former Buddhist monk who rose to prominence after the publication of 1997’s Buddhism without Belief s, offers a philosophical exploration of secular Buddhism in his ...

We asked Times readers to share their best advice for a safe, satisfying and financially comfortable life — no matter how old ...

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 “achievement society” in ...