"The Atlantic" Articles

Financial self-help advice is everywhere, but when it comes to sorting fact from fiction, how do you truly know what is sound guidance?

In addition to being an American Founding Father and innovator, Benjamin Franklin was also our “nation’s first happiness professor”, as described by filmmaker Ken Burns.

I’m always interested in learning more about the concept of happiness. After all, isn’t the goal to live a purposeful life as our happiest self?

The U.S. economy is full of contradictions, and it’s set the stage for the unique landscape we find ourselves in today.

According to ongoing research at Harvard Medical School that began in 1938, there are seven factors (or big investment decisions) within your control that can help lend to living a life as full as possible in your later years.

According to a recent Gallup study, the satisfaction Americans are feeling as far as their personal life goes is at a near 40-year high. On the other hand, their feelings toward “the way things are going in the U.S.” is nearing a 40-year low.

I’m all about setting goals and dreams that align with your purpose; however, as this article states, putting happiness in the attainment of your goals and dreams isn’t where you will find ultimate fulfillment. Instead, it’s in the progress.

What constitutes a satisfying life? Your answer will more than likely differ from mine, and that of anyone else you ask, but what remains is the fact we’re all in continual search of it.

Does money truly have the power to elevate your life? It can certainly take care of your most basic necessities, but according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, money has a limit on the amount of happiness it creates.