“The UN's World Happiness report has found Afghanistan was already the least happy nation before the Taliban came back to power. And they warn its happiness score could fall even further. A report published by the UN on Saturday, ahead of _...Read More_

CNN: Two years into the pandemic, Yale's 'happiness' course is more popular than ever. >"When Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos witnessed the _...Read More_

>"Betty White chalked up her happy life to kindness ... and hot dogs. Here are a few other ideas to consider trying as we begin 2022."

>"Why a senator from the GOP heartland thinks today’s Trump-obsessed politics won’t stick around"

>"According to the conventional wisdom, the biggest threats to liberal democracy today come from _...Read More_

“It’s been a rough year for the American psyche. Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they’ve been in nearly 50 years. This bold — yet unsurprising — conclusion comes from the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at _...Read More_

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Better depressed and safe, than happy and sorry. "Researchers argue humans did not evolve to be consistently happy but primarily survive and reproduce. Evolution, they say, placed an advantage on depression, preventing humans from engaging _...Read More_

It seems that a lot of us are trying to find ways of controlling our own thoughts. This is an article I go back to remember that we need great efforts to fight our pleasure seeking routines. Especially when it is becoming hyper competitive _...Read More_

"200,000 iPhone users tell us what lifts their mood or dulls their day"