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News and lifestyle reporting about our overall mental and physical health including mindfulness, happiness and life balance.

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25 (scientific) happiness hacks

Happiness may be healthier for some cultures than others

Want to be happy and successful? Try compassion

SPRINGFIELD, VA - AUGUST 21: Eight-week-old Eleanor Delp attends a "What to Expect" baby shower with her mother August 21, 2012 in Springfield, Virginia. The DC Metro Chapter of Operation Homefront held the event, with parenting and pregnancy workshops, to celebrate with 100 new and expecting military mothers representing each branch of service from DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Paid parental leave elusive 25 years after Family and Medical Leave Act

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Healthy habits to keep your New Year's resolutions on track

How to stop being annoyed by life

When is it really time for couples therapy?

Start a new (good) habit, kill an old (bad) one

The Dalai Lama presides over the Emory-Tibet symposium of Scholars and Scientists held at the Drepung Monastic University in December.

Meaningful mindfulness: How it could help you be happier, healthier and more successful

How much sex should you be having?

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How aerial yoga on hammocks works

These guys would score a 10, surely, on the new online Happy Barometer.

More money can mean Scrooge-like pride, study says

A pigeon stands on an installation of clocks by French artist Arman on March 24, 2012 in Paris. Europe moves to summer time at 0100 GMT on March 25 when clocks go forward an hour. AFP PHOTO/JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

How to fight 'time famine' and boost your happiness

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Be happier with 7 minutes of yoga

The meaning(s) of (your) life

Your relationship has hit a 'rough patch.' Now what?

Meditation has become increasingly popular in the West since the 1960s.

Can meditation banish back pain?

The year of living thankfully

France

Why vacations matter for your health

The path to happiness for millennial men is ... kids

Google's algorithm for happiness

Why Americans are having less sex

Screen time: Mental health menace or scapegoat?

Not worrying about anything is everything