Psychology

As the Dalai Lama proclaims, "happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." Learn about actions you can take to amplify happiness on the aptly named resource, Action for Happiness.

We often think that the best way to have friends is to be deeply impressive and accomplished. In fact, the route to true friendship always flows through vulnerability.

Enter the mind of a bored teenager to discover what happens in the brain when we daydream and find out what purpose it serves.

Dig into what happens to your brain during adolescence that changes how you value, understand, and connect to friends.

Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun — what she calls "true fun" — and shares easy, evidence-backed ways to weave playfulness, flow and connection into your everyday life

10,000 people were asked to list 10 happy moments in their lives. Researchers examined the responses and found that while most of the happy moments featured the self as the main subject, many happy moments stemmed from others, or were felt on behalf of others.

Now on its seventh edition, the World Happiness Report offers "a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The FAQ page includes additional content about the report's creation, such as how the data was calculated and how benchmarks were set.