"In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy."

You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.

Contrary to popular research, people with more money are happier, but it’s their spending habits, not their account balances, that move the dial.

Parents want the best for their kids, but resilience helps children better cope with life's unavoidable challenges.

Would you really want that, anyway?

There's no escaping the death of loved ones. But that doesn't mean we're powerless in the wake of loss.

People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?

Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.

Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.

The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.

Types of therapy are about as different as the people who use it.

Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.

There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.

“Who ya gonna believe: me or your own eyes?” Until you can assess your perception, the answer should be neither.

Inflection points veer life in unexpected directions. While unnerving, they provide opportunities for those who can navigate them.

Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.

Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.

No amount of success can overcome imposter syndrome without a mindset geared toward growth.

Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.

Implicit bias may be outside your conscious control, but that doesn’t mean change is.

Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.

The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.

When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.

Our minds are hyper-taxed due to hyper-tasking. We need to slow down and allow ourselves to daydream if we want to improve our attention.

Engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise made people who identified “I/me” words 33% less likely to volunteer.

The beauty of this magical medicine called silence is that it is available to all of us, even in cities, if only we care to listen.

Why do people own so many unused possessions, treating them as though they are too special to use?

Ultrarunning is a celebration of living and a rehearsal of dying all rolled up in a single intense experience.

Popular diets view health as a calorie-crunching equation while excluding a critical variable: mental wellness.