As the Dalai Lama proclaims, "happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." Learn about actions you can take to amplify happiness on the aptly named resource, Action for Happiness. The resource "bring[s] together like-minded people from all walks of life and help[s] them take practical action, drawing on the latest scientific research…from diverse fields including...

Awakening Joy is 5-month online course that fuses the ancient intelligence of the world's wisdom traditions with groundbreaking recent research into the psychology of happiness. While the course itself requires a significant investment, the Awakening Joy Blog is free to anyone. Here readers will find posts by meditation teacher, James Baraz and others as they outline strategies for true joy,...

Measuring something as subjective as the feeling or state of happiness is a tricky business. While some may take pleasure in closing a big financial merger, others may be content to watch a babbling brook as they sip lemonade. The BBC has never shied away from taking on such weighty matters and they have recently created this website to complement their ongoing series titled "The Happiness...