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 ...

Ten-year-old Dean Thompson drives the combine on his family’s farm, with a little help from his dad. Submitted photo As the sun dipped low on the horizon on a mid-October day, 10-year-old Dean ...

There's a reason why Gen Xers, the kids who largely grew up in the 1970s, are coined the "latchkey" generation — they were parentified and expected to navigate life largely on their own. With both ...

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, ...

3. You don’t have to “fix” yourself to live a good life. You know the old saying, “You can’t love another person until you love yourself?” It’s poetic, but it’s just not true. There are a lot of ...

Life has a way of teaching you lessons, often the hard way. These experiences can be tough to navigate but rewarding in hindsight. While advice from others can guide you, some truths only become clear ...

Reba McEntire revealed the "hardest lesson" she's ever had to learn. After turning 70, McEntire is now sharing her best advice for a good life, which includes choosing not to stress about "the little ...

They say youth is wasted on the young, and the older you get, the more the phrase rings true. There are many truths that are hard to recognize until you've had more life experiences. So older people ...

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 ...