In 2018, when Professor Laurie Santos introduced her course “Psychology and the Good Life,” a class on the science of happiness, it became the most popular in the history of Yale, attracting more than ...

Looking for ways to make this new year even happier? Taking any of these free courses may be a great way to start. Several prestigious universities and institutions, including Harvard and Yale, have ...

College is a time of strong emotion, from the joy of meeting new friends to the anxiety and even depression that can be triggered by academic intensity or increased social pressure. During his time as ...

This letter represents the response of 42 students in an undergraduate positive-psychology course to Eric G. Wilson’s “In Praise of Melancholy” (The Chronicle Review, January 18). It is a synthesis of ...

Students who took an online happiness course during lockdown were less likely to feel anxious at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic than their classmates. First year undergraduates taking the course ...

Editor’s Note: Grace Ueng is the founder of Savvy Growth, a noted leadership coaching and management consulting firm, and an expert on happiness and human performance. Grace writes a regular column on ...

A powerful way to boost your happiness in life is by leveraging the principals of positive psychology. As its name suggests, positive psychology focuses on growth by building on what’s positive. It ...

Bruce Daisley (September 27, 2022) published “Why Quick-Fix Resilience Doesn’t Work” here at PsychologyToday.com. His claim: “peer-reviewed studies show quick-fix resilience courses don’t work.” ...

Starting college can be an exciting time for students to learn new things, make friends and live away from home for the first time. But not every student takes advantage of the opportunity. Emmanuel ...

Nicole Wedberg (L) and Glenn Geher (R) celebrating Positive Evolutionary Psychology Source: Daniel Delaney (with permission) After years of work, Nicole Wedberg and I have completed our book Positive ...