Many stars say affirmations — or positive phrases like "You've got this" — are the secret to their success. Here's how to feel more comfortable psyching yourself up.

Contentment allows us to step off the hedonic treadmill —a term psychologists use to describe the phenomenon where our desires increase with each new achievement, leaving our level of happiness ...

No one can be happy all the time, so try settling for contentment. This may mean taking a good look at what you no longer have, or what you have lost. For example, I know I’m never going to play ...

Daniel Cordaro Daniel Cordaro, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of the Contentment Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the mental well-being of schools around the world. His team’s ...

So from a spiritual point of view, contentment is the ultimate goal as we age. Still, it does not automatically come to us as we age. It is another thing that we pursue.

This Book Won’t Make You Happy: Eight Keys to Finding True Contentment Niro Feliciano. Broadleaf, $26.99 (278p) ISBN 978-1-5064-8041-1 ...