It was 2014, and my research team—including the GGSC’s Dacher Keltner—was studying a remote group of former nomads high in the Himalayas of Eastern Bhutan. This was a place that no outsider had ever ...

Gautama Buddha's profound insights remind us that health is the ultimate blessing and that true wealth lies in our state of ...

In a culture built on advertising, comparison, and constant upgrades, contentment can feel almost impossible to find.

Much has been written about happiness. Encyclopedias of advice, viral think pieces, TED Talks, Instagram affirmations—all converge on a single premise: that happiness is the apex of human ambition, ...

Many of us seek happiness as a guiding aim in our lives. But what about being content? Are feelings of contentment just a lesser, diluted form of happiness—or something distinct and valuable to pursue ...

Two weeks ago, a man who has just received a free haircut at the New Orleans Mission, the homeless shelter on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, tells me, "I couldn't be blessed more." The rationalist in ...