The Journal

For more than eight decades, researchers at Harvard University have been asking one central question: What truly makes a life happy and fulfilling?  The answer, surprisingly, has very little to do with financial success, career status, or even physical health. Instead, the Harvard Study of Adult Development—the longest-running study on human happiness ever conducted—reveals something […]

For decades, researchers believed the adult brain was relatively fixed, and that once we reached a certain age, our neural pathways became set and difficult to change. But modern neuroscience has shown the opposite to be true.  The brain is remarkably dynamic, constantly reshaping itself in response to experiences, emotions, relationships, and even internal beliefs. […]