NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on... Lessons for living a happy life, according to science ...

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 ...

Life has a way of teaching you lessons, often the hard way. These experiences can be tough to navigate but rewarding in hindsight. While advice from others can guide you, some truths only become clear ...

Ten-year-old Dean Thompson drives the combine on his family’s farm, with a little help from his dad. Submitted photo As the sun dipped low on the horizon on a mid-October day, 10-year-old Dean ...

I didn’t expect to experience this lesson so clearly the first time I visited a Quaker meeting. About 30 minutes into the shared silence—the community gathered in a circle, each person listening ...

Remember Jo Dee Messina? “Life Is Good” is one of her finest country tunes, and its life lesson is pretty direct: Life is just too short to let negativity get in the way of enjoying it. She’s right, ...

There's a reason why Gen Xers, the kids who largely grew up in the 1970s, are coined the "latchkey" generation — they were parentified and expected to navigate life largely on their own. With both ...

Some lessons passed on by parents remain etched in their memory for life. Rooted in a so-called "old-fashioned" upbringing, they have often shaped stable, empathetic, and resilient adults who face the ...

A look back at the simple, non-nonsense habits from the 80s and 90s we wish would make a comeback. Growing up in the '80s and '90s came with a kind of freedom and real-world learning that's hard to ...