Health is key to success in the world. But sadly, most of us are not getting the right health information to live our best lives—to really thrive, to think with precision, to feel energized as we face the world each day, and to be free of illness. Health used to be what the field of…
World’s Longest Study: Do This Now to Have Great Health in Your 80s
What do we need for a long and happy life? The answer to this question is emerging from the longest study on happiness conducted by the Harvard Study of Adult Development. ———– 
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Prioritize an Interesting Life Over a Happy Life
I’ve heard people say that boredom is good for us, and that we need more of it in our lives. They rightly observe how addicted we are to our smartphones, and how rarely we allow ourselves to feel bored without reaching for instant relief. The problem, they suggest, is in our burning desire to relieve…
The Power of Connection: Close Relationships Are the Key to Health and Happiness
Every week at the mental health clinic I lead, I hear people say things like this: “I know lots of people, but I don’t feel truly connected to anyone.” “I wish I felt close to someone—just one person—but I don’t.” “To be honest, I feel lonely most of the time.” Among the many crises currently…
7 Easy Ways to Have More Fun
If you’ve been adulting for any good stretch, you may have run into this phenomenon in which having fun doesn’t come as naturally as it used to. Think about it—when’s the last time you actually had some honest-to-goodness fun? How often do you enjoy being silly or playful or childlike? If you’re like most adults…
How to Find True Satisfaction
In both the East and the West, philosophies and religions have called on us to be still, let go, and rest in faith. Yet so many of us spend our time striving for a better life. We define what we want, then hustle and push ourselves to make it happen. When it does happen, we…
Happiness Is Friendship: 3 Elements to Fight Loneliness and Government Intrusion
That individual unhappiness is at unprecedented levels would probably surprise no one anymore. Combine the state of the world—rising crime rates, political fights, and a squelching of freedoms—with the increased atomization of everyone, and it’s difficult for even the most happy-go-lucky among us to keep a smile on. But there is hope, as a recent…
My Secret Billionaire
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. To satisfy his father’s wish, an attractive and powerful billionaire travels alone, without money, and without using his real name to New York City. When the former playboy meets a perfect and down-to-earth real estate agent, the reason behind his…
Resolutions for 2023: Tips for a Happier Life
For some of us, the new year rings in resolutions: Drop 30 pounds by year’s end, hit the gym four evenings per week, or spend less money. All of these are noble and worthy causes, to be sure, but also a trifle grim, like the bread-and-water diet of a desert anchorite. Many Americans are already…
‘Free of Fear, Pain’: Engineer Recalls Leaving Her Body, Floating in Bliss, Learning Life’s Meaning on Returning
The following near-death-experience account by former Epoch Times journalist Dana Betlevy tells of how she discovered her life’s meaning after dying, floating to a blissful ethereal dimension, then returning to her body upon being resuscitated. She struggled to tell her story within her materialist milieu growing up in Eastern Europe. In my childhood and adolescence, I had…