Life lessons can often feel hard-won. You choose what you think is best—or even most exciting—in the moment, only to realize ...

My grandma lived to be 99 years old and I've learned lessons about living a long, happy life full of love through her legacy ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on... Lessons for living a happy life, according to science ...

I didn’t expect to experience this lesson so clearly the first time I visited a Quaker meeting. About 30 minutes into the shared silence—the community gathered in a circle, each person listening ...

I have been lucky to work with children throughout my life, and they know things adults spend years trying to figure out. I’ve been everything from au pair to mentor, and despite the snot, sweat, and ...

Growing up a latchkey kid meant learning to handle quite a lot of things on your own. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller ...

We often romanticize marriage as a magical union—something shared between two people who are perfectly compatible. Yet, anyone who has been married for a while will tell you the truth: Marriage is ...

Remember Jo Dee Messina? “Life Is Good” is one of her finest country tunes, and its life lesson is pretty direct: Life is just too short to let negativity get in the way of enjoying it. She’s right, ...

Arguably the best way to know if someone did a great job raising their kids is to observe how they behave as adults. There’s no official guidebook on how to be a good parent. Providing safety, love, ...