"Look at my new bike, Mom," said the young boy. Ralph had long wanted a new bike. He was so happy, he could scarcely contain his emotions. "Wow, life is wonderful, I'm so thrilled I could die," he ...

However, we continue to observe the joyful character of Gaudete Sunday by lighting the rose-colored candle on the Advent ...

There is a lot of talk about happiness. Books, media, and speakers focus on happiness. Many claim it is our fundamental right to be happy, though I’m not sure why they believe so. Happiness is a ...

Happiness can be experienced at a surface level, but joy comes from deep within people and can remain even during difficult or challenging experiences, Bishop Kevin Kenney said.

Both clinical wisdom and empirical research agree that the more we fixate on happiness, the more elusive it becomes. In ...

I came across a wonderful quote from the online newsletter, Elephant Journal: Around the same time, I reconnected with Kaia Roman. I quoted her in a previous article about mindfulness for kids at ...

Author Arthur Brooks brings along counterintuitive ideas about happiness as a habit, the difference between joy and happiness, public vs. anonymous philanthropy, and how the pursuit of money can ...

On Monday I was honored to speak to the graduating students at Arizona State University. It was an intimidating occasion. ASU is the most innovative university in the world. Plus, there were 35,000 ...