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Happiness: Enough Already

By Sharon Begley — 2008

Although some 85 percent of Americans say they're pretty happy, the happiness industry sends the insistent message that moderate levels of well-being aren't enough: not only can we all be happier, but we practically have a duty to be so. What was once considered normal sadness is something to be smothered, even shunned.

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Are Your Happiness Goals Too High?

On the road to well-being, says James Baraz, embrace all your diverse feelings.

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James Baraz
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Choose Enjoyment Over Pleasure

Pleasure can be a boon or a burden, depending on our relationship to it. It can leaven laborious days, or lead us to waste them. The pleasures of a mild stimulant such as caffeine can be harmless or even beneficial, but the pleasures of amphetamines can be deadly.

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Arthur C. Brooks
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The Philosophy of Happiness in Life (+ Aristotle’s View)

A discussion of the philosophy of happiness in life can be seen as an examination of the very nature of happiness and what it means for the universe.

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Heather Craig
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Read This Story and Get Happier

The most popular course at Yale teaches how to be happy. We took it for you.

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Laurie Santos, Yale Happiness Professor, on 5 Things That Will Make You Happier

As a professor of psychology at Yale and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, I've spent the last few years teaching simple science-backed tips to improve our well-being. I know the research inside out—but the giant dumpster fire of a year that was 2020 has had me struggling, too.

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Laurie Santos
2020
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Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students

The cognitive scientist Laurie Santos says “we’re fighting cultural forces that are telling us, ‘You’re not happy enough.’”

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David Marchese
2022
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Want to Be Happy for No Reason?

Don’t believe everything you think!

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Marci Shimoff
2010
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When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings

Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2021
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How to Escape the Happiness Guilt Trap

There’s plenty wrong in the world. Acting gloomy won’t fix any of it.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2021
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Ask the Teachers: Is Happiness Really the Central Goal of Buddhist Practice?

Question: Buddhist teachers, including the Dalai Lama, often speak of happiness as a goal (if not the goal) of Buddhist practice. I don’t begrudge anyone happiness, but making it so central to spiritual life feels self-serving. Am I misunderstanding what’s meant by “happiness”?

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Anushka Fernandopulle, Thubten Chodron, Kaira Jewel Lingo
2020
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