Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we seek happiness, what exactly are we searching for? And when we wish happiness on someone else, what is it that we truly ...

Happiness is defined differently depending on who you ask. Some people define happiness as a positive emotional experience. Others define happiness as having two parts called hedonia (pleasure) and ...

Most people want to be happy — or at least happier — but it often remains an elusive quest. “For the majority of people, there’s no reason they can’t be happy,” said Bill Pavot, a psychology professor ...

A few of us on Twitter were batting around thoughts on how to define the elusive concept of happiness...but we couldn't seem to come to a conclusive definition. What happiness means to one person ...