“If we're to be happy at all, it has to be found outside of this notion of pleasure. We have to step beyond hedonia. But the problem is that we risk going too far.” My husband and I follow the ...

But the Stoics were very interested in the pursuit of things like happiness and success; they merely pursued them in different ways than most. With a few simple changes in perspective and behavior ...

Every time the new year rolls around, I am fascinated anew by our species-wide obsession with personal happiness. As we change calendars the prophets of personal fulfilment emerge, like clockwork, to ...

Perhaps you need to invite Lady Philosophy into your own life ... life is meaningless and then you die—will aid much in your happiness. (You might think that posing as one, with a Gauloise ...

But what if the key to genuine happiness has been concealed in plain view, safeguarded in the insights of ancient philosophy? Enter Stoicism an ancient Greek philosophy that has guided thinkers ...

Happiness is a feeling that is hard to quantify ... “Ikigai is a word that means purpose, or your reason for being. It’s a Japanese philosophy, or way of life. Its the thing in our life ...

Brooks, and Kate Julian, as well as foremost experts in the fields of happiness, social science, and philosophy. Come and experience The Atlantic’s singular journalism, brought to life at a ...

But the Stoics were very interested in the pursuit of things like happiness and success; they merely pursued them in different ways than most. With a few simple changes in perspective and behavior ...