How to Make French Lentil Salad
In my most recent springtimes, I’ve found myself in unfamiliar kitchens in old French chateaus, kitchens with opinionated ovens, outdated… Read More »How to Make French Lentil Salad
Forget Grotesque Sights. David Cronenberg Does Grotesque Desires.
In David Cronenberg’s newest film, “The Shrouds,” a widower named Karsh Relikh, played by Vincent Cassell, takes a woman on… Read More »Forget Grotesque Sights. David Cronenberg Does Grotesque Desires.
What (Actually) Brings Teens Joy?
Headlines trumpet an alarming trend: American teenagers are in the midst of a crisis. Their rates of anxiety and depression… Read More »What (Actually) Brings Teens Joy?
My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’
For eight years running, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report — but what exactly does it measure?
Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It.
Part of this transformation can be traced to the shift from Hutcheson’s moralized happiness principle to Jeremy Bentham’s more radically… Read More »Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It.
‘The Interview’: Ocean Vuong was Ready to Kill. A Moment of Grace Changed His Life.
Situations where you exhibited cruelty? I don’t know if it would be cruelty, but anger, rage, certain desires that would… Read More »‘The Interview’: Ocean Vuong was Ready to Kill. A Moment of Grace Changed His Life.
My Husband Fears Political Violence. Should We Buy a Gun?
My husband and I are Democrats, and we live in a large left-leaning city. Considering the current political climate in… Read More »My Husband Fears Political Violence. Should We Buy a Gun?
We Asked Readers About the Happiest Moments of Their Lives
So we put out a call for New York Times readers to answer a simple question on video: What was… Read More »We Asked Readers About the Happiest Moments of Their Lives
How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding
When Lyubomirsky arrived at graduate school for social psychology at Stanford in 1989, academic research on happiness was only beginning… Read More »How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding
What Makes You Happy? Take Our Quiz.
Few concepts in social psychology are harder to define than “happiness.” Researchers have many different strategies for assessing well-being, and… Read More »What Makes You Happy? Take Our Quiz.