When I was growing up, Christmas in our family was a huge deal. Before hitting holiday sales (with the precision that Black Friday in the ’90s required), my mom would break out the beloved box of ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — As darkness fell on a festival that had filled the streets all day, the party shifted indoors, to the tiny restaurants and bars around the hilly park called Cerro Santa Lucía.

This is my year of doing less. Actually, I made the decision in September, as we welcomed Rosh Hashanah, that I was finally going to stop overextending myself. As Adele would say, go easy on me. I ...

Recent global data explains why. Ninety-four percent of consumers say they are worried about social, political and economic uncertainty, while 71 percent believe loneliness has reached epidemic levels ...

While seeking out, expressing, and even losing joy in your everyday life are incredibly nuanced topics, according to a 2025 study, people tend to miss out on the happy feelings when they cultivate a ...

For many people, their minds often prefer to indulge in unfavorable and pessimistic thinking; it then hijacks them into misery—into pure hell, as one of them tells me. This mindset throws them off, ...

Ask Chris how she feels about her life on a typical day, and she says she has nothing to complain about: Work is “OK,” and her relationship with her partner is “fine.” Ask her what she gets excited ...