But what a good life looks like and how to create it have been existential questions pondered for millennia by philosophers, some of whom have offered abstract or difficult-to-obtain perspectives on ...

You’re gifted an uncertain amount of meals, before you run out of food. You don’t know how many meals you can get/cook. All ...

Anxiety means we’re doing too much and overthinking. Slowing down consciously helps with this. According to research from the University of Cambridge, meditation can also help ease the stress caused ...

Is there a secret to living a better and happier life? In The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Robert Waldinger, M.D., and Marc Schultz, Ph.D., co-directors ...

It’s a great time to get serious about living a good life. Across the disciplines, the number of scholars engaged in research about happiness and well-being is at its peak, and the wealth of knowledge ...

Are you happy? Is your life meaningful? Most of us intuitively sense that those are not quite the same questions. A person can feel happy, yet adrift, or deeply purposeful, while carrying grief. In ...

How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

How to live a good life At a time of year when many of us are reflecting on our lives and setting goals, we look at the research into what makes for a good life – and share some advice on how to get ...

In the debut episode of The Permanent Questions With David Brooks, David speaks with the philosopher Meghan Sullivan about perhaps the most important question of them all: How should we live our lives ...