For the latest edition of Okayplayer’s Pursuit of Happiness, Flee Lord gets real about avoiding the toxicity of social media and more. Peter A. Berry. December 11, 2024.

“The pursuit of happiness costs mental resources. Instead of just going with the flow, you are trying to make yourself feel differently,” explains Sam Maglio in a press release .

Okayplayer presents Pursuit of Happiness, a series that lets people from all walks of life describe their mental wellness journey. In promoting the column, OKP has teamed up with BetterHelp, the ...

The declaration’s “pursuit of Happiness” essentially repackaged the Greek concept of eudaimonia for American colonists in the ...

She has a number-one album, a billion-times streamed song and a global tour under her belt. But it’s love, happiness and contentment that has Beabadoobee really excited… ...

WAR & PEACE Ten years ago next week the U. S. entered the tenth and worst depression in its history. On the morning of October 24, 1929, the stockmarket that had been slowly declining skidded ...

Americans are getting our ‘pursuit of happiness’ all wrong. There’s a simple fix. We need to better recognize that simple moments of happiness, like eating ice cream that others made, ...

Insights from the Harvard Study of Adult Development and other research, reveals why personal connections, purpose, and community engagement are key to happiness at work.

Key points. A recent study shows that focusing on happiness as a primary goal doesn’t always boost well-being. Increases in happiness focus did not lead to better life satisfaction over time.

Still, when happiness comes to the forefront of rationalization and consciousness, then the chances of detrimental consequences greatly increase. Instead, a path of meaning should be established.

THE DARK JOURNEY—Julian Green— Harper ($2.50). Awarded. By Harper & Bros, to Julian Green, for writing The Dark Journey: $10,000. The Story. Guèret was a huge stoop-shouldered young man, his ...

IDEAS The ‘pursuit of happiness’ may sound good. But what if that’s the wrong approach? When I was growing up in a striving immigrant household, happiness wasn’t necessarily a consideration.