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Gretchen Rubin has been studying the subject and has written a book called "The Happiness Project." She talks with Bill Radke. BILL RADKE: We've told you a ...
"Nova" series pursues happiness

PBS will undertake a three- night consideration of human contentment, fear and happiness — what makes us tick —in "This Emotional Life," premiering next ...
Alice Munro's 'Too Much Happiness' scores a perfect 10

The title of the collection comes from the last and longest of the stories, "Too Much Happiness." It tells the story of a Russian mathematician named Sophia ...
Encounter brought peace, happiness

The result of that brief encounter brought a complete feeling of peace, and I departed there with a feeling of happiness. We read daily of negative events, ...
Happiness and Personality

There's an important message in here about the route to happiness. Although I've spent the last 15 years studying procrastination, I didn't begin my ...
Americans Less Happy, More Stressed in 2009

WASHINGTON, DC -- The percentage of Americans experiencing a lot of happiness or enjoyment without a lot of stress or worry declined slightly ...
The pursuit of a happiness index

France recently test-ran a new happiness index: its growth has been lagging in recent decades, but its short work week and generous social benefits might ...
Diet and Weight Loss Happiness?
A lot of folks are talking about happiness these days, and new year's resolutions to lose weight, and I have a definite opinion, given we're about to turn a ...
Carter finds happiness in foreign missions
This Oct. 7, 2009 photo shows former US President Jimmy Carter, center, along with his wife Rosalynn, talking to Juan Taveres at his home in the La Bomba ...